Next-generation sequencing identifies unexpected genotype-phenotype correlations in patients with retinitis pigmentosa.

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is an inherited degenerative disease causing severe retinal dystrophy and visual impairment mainly with onset in infancy or adolescence. Targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) has become an efficient tool to encounter the enormous genetic heterogeneity of diverse retinal...

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Main Authors: Johannes Birtel, Martin Gliem, Elisabeth Mangold, Philipp L Müller, Frank G Holz, Christine Neuhaus, Steffen Lenzner, Diana Zahnleiter, Christian Betz, Tobias Eisenberger, Hanno J Bolz, Peter Charbel Issa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207958