Severe retinal degeneration at an early age in Usher syndrome type 1B associated with homozygous splice site mutations in MYO7A gene
Purpose: Usher syndrome is the most common cause of deafness associated with visual loss of a genetic origin. The purpose of this paper is to report very severe phenotypic features of type 1B Usher syndrome in a Saudi family affected by positive homozygous splice site mutation in MYO7A gene. Methods...
Main Authors: | Ehab Abdelkader, Lama Enani, Patrik Schatz, Leen Safieh |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2018-04-01
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Series: | Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319453417301327 |
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