Functional analysis of A 5' untranslated variant in rhodopsin : implications for the retinitis pigmentosa phenotype
Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) is a group of heterogeneous retinal degenerative diseases that predominantly affect rod photoreceptor cells. Symptoms include night blindness and gradual peripheral vision loss, which progresses to a complete loss of vision. Clinical, phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity ar...
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Format: | Dissertation |
Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10007 |