Mutations in the rhodopsin gene are reported to be responsible for approximately 25% of all cases of autosomal dominant Retinitis pigmentosa (adRP). Affected individuals from a large family with an unusually severe form of adRP were screened for mutations in the rhodopsin gene. Direct sequencing of
A novel null mutation in the rhodopsin gene causing late onset autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa
✍ Scribed by Beatriz Sánchez; Salud Borrego; Pedro Chaparro; Trinidad Rueda; Francisca López; Guillermo Antiñolo
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 109 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1059-7794
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✦ Synopsis
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is the most common inherited retinal degeneration. A subset of patients with autosomal dominant (ad) RP carry a mutation in the rhodopsin gene. We have identified a new missense rhodopsin mutation. namely A346P, which cosegregates with the disease phenotype in one Spanish family with adRP. Affected individuals in this family show onset 3f the disease with night blindness
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