Common ABCA4 mutations in South Africans: frequencies, pathogenicity and genotype-phenotype correlations

Stargardt disease (STGD), a juvenile-onset form of macular dystrophy resulting in a severe reduction of central vision, may be inherited in either an autosomal recessive or autosomal dominant manner. To date the only gene found to be involved with the autosomal recessive form is ABCA4. Mutations in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nossek, C
Other Authors: Ramesar, Rajkumar
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3101