Article
Japanese juvenile retinoschisis is caused by mutations of the XLRS1 gene.
Human genetics - 1 Aug 1998
Hotta Y, Fujiki K, Hayakawa M, Ohta T, Fujimaki T, Tamaki K, Yokoyama T, Kanai A, Hirakata A, Hida T, Nishina S, Azuma N
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the XLRS1 gene in Japanese patients with retinoschisis (RS). All exons of the XLRS1 gene were sequenced in 14 males, including a pair of monozygotic twins, from 11 individual families with RS and five of their mothers who are asymptomatic but diagnosed as carriers. Six kinds of mi...
Topics
- Eye Diseases, Hereditary
- Eye Proteins
- Female
- Humans
- Japan
- Male
- Mutation
- Pedigree
- Retinal Degeneration
