Molecular genetics of FAM161A in North American patients with early-onset retinitis pigmentosa.

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a hereditary disease that leads to the progressive degeneration of retinal photoreceptor cells and to blindness. It is caused by mutations in several distinct genes, including the ciliary gene FAM161A, which is associated with a recessive form of this disorder. Recent in...

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Main Authors: Giulia Venturini, Silvio Alessandro Di Gioia, Shyana Harper, Carol Weigel-DiFranco, Carlo Rivolta, Eliot L Berson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24651477/pdf/?tool=EBI