Article
Identification of a recurrent missense mutation in the Norrie disease gene associated with a simplex case of exudative vitreoretinopathy.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 8 May 1998
Shastry B S
Abstract excerpt
Disorders such as Norrie disease, X-linked familial exudative vitreoretinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity and X-linked primary vitreoretinal dysplasia have very similar clinical manifestations. They exhibit retinal fold, retinal detachment, retinal traction and the formation of retrolental fibr...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Blindness
- Child, Preschool
- DNA
- Deafness
- Diseases in Twins
- Eye Diseases, Hereditary
- Eye Proteins
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Infant
- Intermediate Filament Proteins
- Male
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Nerve Tissue Proteins
- Pedigree
