Mutation screen of beta-crystallin genes in 274 patients with age-related macular degeneration.

abstract：:A 6-month-old boy presented with a congenital eye movement disorder consistent with congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles type 1 (CFEOM1). Mutational analysis confirmed the most common mutation in the CFEOM1 gene KIF21A. In addition to the typical findings in CFEOM1, distinctive conjunctival changes and small...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Flaherty MP,Balachandran C,Jamieson R,Engle EC

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: To characterize the phenotype and genotype of a rare syndrome associating posterior microphthalmos (PM), retinitis pigmentosa (RP), and foveoschisis in a consanguineous Spanish family. Methods: The study involved five family members, consisting of three siblings and their parents. All members underwent com...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Morillo Sánchez MJ,Llavero Valero P,González-Del Pozo M,Ponte Zuñiga B,Antiñolo G,Ramos Jiménez M,Rodríguez De La Rúa Franch E

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify genetic variants that predispose to type 2 diabetes (T2D) with cataract. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Genome-wide association study (GWAS) of T2D patients with cataract, as graded by Lens Opacities Classification System (LOCS). A total of 109 T2D patients with cataract score equal to or above 10 designated...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Lin HJ,Huang YC,Lin JM,Liao WL,Wu JY,Chen CH,Chou YC,Chen LA,Lin CJ,Tsai FJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated congenital lens coloboma is a sectoral indentation of the crystalline lens due to zonular weakness or absence. The purpose of this report is to describe the association of lens coloboma with an adjacent cyst in the ciliary body and to suggest that ciliary body cysts may be an under-recognized cause of congeni...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Khan AO,Al-Assiri A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When encountering patients with markedly dilated and tortuous retinal vessels, Wyburn-Mason syndrome (WMS) or racemous angiomatosis (phacomatosis) is commonly thought of as the archetypal entity that can produce these findings. We describe a patient with Cantu syndrome with phenotypical findings identical to those see...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Kisilevsky E,Kohly RP,Margolin EA

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the treatment options for intraocular retinoblastoma is thermochemotherapy with diode laser combined with chemotherapy. Very little is known about the evolution of laser scars resulting from diode laser treatment for retinoblastoma. We report a case of atrophic chorioretinal scar and focal scleral bowing after ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： de Graaf P,Castelijns JA,Moll AC,Imhof SM,Schouten-van Meeteren AY

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nuclear hormone receptor gene, NR2E3, plays a critical role in retinogenesis and determination of the rod photoreceptor phenotype. Mutations in NR2E3 typically lead to recessive enhanced S-cone syndrome (ESCS), where affected individuals show higher sensitivity to short wavelength light and early onset rod d...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Cehajic-Kapetanovic J,Cottriall CL,Jolly JK,Shanks M,Clouston P,Charbel Issa P,MacLaren RE

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the phenotype of two families with high hypermetropia from the Faroe Islands. METHODS:Ophthalmologic evaluation including ultrasound oculometry and anthropometric measurements. RESULTS:Of the 40 examined family members, 15 individuals (8 males, 7 females; ages: 6-77 years; mean: 36.5 years) ha...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Fuchs J,Holm K,Vilhelmsen K,Rosenberg T,Scherfig E,Fledelius HC

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe bilateral vitreous opacities and maculopathy in a child with Hunter syndrome. METHODS:A case involving fundus examination, photography, and optical coherence tomography. Medline and Embase searches found no reference to vitreous or macular abnormalities in Hunter syndrome. RESULTS:A two-year-old b...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Anawis MA

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The hexokinase 1 (HK1) gene encodes one of the four human hexokinases that play essential roles in glucose metabolism. Recently, several cases of E847K mutation in the HK1 gene were reported to cause inherited retinal dystrophy. The purpose of this study was to identify the phenotypical characteristics of patie...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Kubota D,Matsumoto K,Hayashi M,Oishi N,Gocho K,Yamaki K,Kobayakawa S,Igarashi T,Takahashi H,Kameya S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To present a boy with unilateral duplication of the eye. METHOD:The case history is described from the first visit at birth to the age of 14 years. RESULTS:A review of the literature shows that this malformation is compatible with life although malformations of the brain and epilepsy have been reported in all...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Jensen H,Pedersen SA,Jensen OA,Herning M,Warburg M

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the underlying genetic defect in otherwise healthy Saudi newborns with buphthalmos, including those with iris abnormalities. METHODS:Prospective case series of affected Saudi Arabian probands who were referred for genetic counseling over a 4 year period. All had CYP1B1 sequencing. Selected pati...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Khan AO,Aldahmesh MA,Al-Abdi L,Mohamed JY,Hashem M,Al-Ghamdi I,Alkuraya FS

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:SPATA7 mutations have been associated with different autosomal recessive retinal degeneration phenotypes. Long-term follow-up has not been described in detail. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A Hispanic patient with SPATA7 mutations was evaluated serially over a 12-year period with kinetic and static chromatic perime...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Matsui R,McGuigan Iii DB,Gruzensky ML,Aleman TS,Schwartz SB,Sumaroka A,Koenekoop RK,Cideciyan AV,Jacobson SG

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize a Chinese family with inherited retinitis pigmentosa (RP). METHODS:Linkage studies and haplotype analysis were used for gene mapping, and single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis and direct DNA sequence analysis were used for identifying the responsible mutation. RESULTS:Pedigre...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Zhao K,Wang L,Wang L,Wang L,Zhang Q,Wang Q

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Optic disc pit is a very rare clinical entity. The main complication of this condition is the maculopathy. Report of cases: A 40-year-old Caucasian man and his 6-year-old daughter underwent a complete ophthalmological examination. In both cases ophthalmoscopy examination showed a bilateral white-yellow oval ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Rossi S,De Rosa G,D'Alterio FM,Orrico A,Banfi S,Testa F,Simonelli F

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glaucoma is considered as a neurodegenerative disorder in which the optic nerve damage leads to irreversible blindness. Many scientific findings indicate miRNA implication in the neurodegeneration process. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the polymorphic variants of miRNA processing genes, RAN (rs14035) a...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Molasy M,Walczak A,Przybyłowska-Sygut K,Zaleska-Żmijewska A,Szaflik J,Szaflik JP,Majsterek I

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Chromosomal deletion involving the 6p25 region results in a clinically recognizable syndrome characterized by anterior eye chamber anomalies with risk of glaucoma and non-ocular malformations (6p25 deletion syndrome). We report a newborn infant case of childhood glaucoma with a combination of partial monos...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Hosono K,Kawase K,Kurata K,Niimi Y,Saitsu H,Minoshima S,Ohnishi H,Yamamoto T,Hikoya A,Tachibana N,Fukao T,Yamamoto T,Hotta Y

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Microcephaly and chorioretinopathy (MCCRP) is a rare neuro-ophthalmologic disorder that causes microcephaly and chorioretinopathy. In a recessive inheritance pattern, there are three types: MCCRP1; MCCRP2 and MCCRP3. MCCRP3 results from pathogenic variants in the tubulin-gamma complex-associated protein 4 (...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Da Palma MM,Motta FL,Takitani GEDS,Salles MV,Lima LH,Ferraz Sallum JM

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Early-onset retinal dystrophy is usually isolated but can also be the presenting manifestation of an undiagnosed systemic disease. The purpose of this report is to highlight the initial presentation of a girl with early-onset retinal dystrophy and chronic dermatitis who was found to have an undiagnosed congenit...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Khan AO

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Mutations in the gene encoding rhodopsin, the visual pigment in rod photoreceptors, were shown to be the most common cause of autosomal retinitis pigmentosa (RP). In order to determine the prevalence of rhodopsin alterations in southern French populations, we examined 52 unrelated patients/families with autosom...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Bareil C,Hamel C,Pallarès-Ruiz N,Arnaud B,Demaille J,Claustres M

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Classical MMA, caused by methylmalonyl-CoA mutase deficiency, may result in late-onset dysfunction in several organ systems. To date, 10 cases of optic neuropathy have been reported. The prevalence of optic neuropathy in visually asymptomatic patients has not been determined. This study sought to identify ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： AlOwain M,Khalifa OA,Al Sahlawi Z,Hussein MH,Sulaiman RA,Al-Sayed M,Rahbeeni Z,Al-Hassnan Z,Al-Zaidan H,Nezzar H,Al Homoud I,Eldali A,Altonen B,Handoom BS,Mbekeani JN

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The visual cycle is essential for vision and several genes encoding proteins of the cycle have been found mutated in various forms of inherited retinal dystrophy. We screened 3 genes of the visual cycle. RGR, encoding the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) G protein-coupled receptor acting in vitro as a photoisomerase; ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Ksantini M,Sénéchal A,Bocquet B,Meunier I,Brabet P,Hamel CP

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) as the leading cause of central visual loss in the developed countries has extensive pathologic similarities with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Saitohin rs62063857 Q7 R polymorphism is associated with increased risk of AD though we decided to evaluate the possible association ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Bonyadi M,Ahmadieh H,Jabbarpoor Bonyadi MH,Shahpasand K,Suri F,Nasrabadi N,Yaseri M,Kheiri B,Soheilian M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify mutations in the RDH5 gene in a family with a mother having fundus albipunctatus (FA) and 3 children with retinitis pigmentosa (RP). METHODS:Ophthalmological examinations were performed to diagnose FA and RP. Mutational analysis of RDH5 was performed. RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS:The mother was diagnosed w...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Wang C,Nakanishi N,Ohishi K,Hikoya A,Koide K,Sato M,Nakamura M,Hotta Y,Minoshima S

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report two memorable clinical comorbid cases of Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS) associated with keratoconus (KC). WBS is known to be an abnormal systemic development caused by a microdeletion of contiguous genes in chromosome 7q11.23, which includes the elastin gene. KC is currently suspected to have a geneti...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Pinsard L,Touboul D,Vu Y,Lacombe D,Leger F,Colin J

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To perform genotype-phenotype correlations in a family with choroideremia. METHODS:A three-generation family with two affected males and five carriers was the subject of the study. Molecular genetic analysis using single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis (SSCP) was conducted in all subjects, while elec...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Rudolph G,Preising M,Kalpadakis P,Haritoglou C,Lang GE,Lorenz B

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: The extensive phenotypic heterogeneity of monogenic diseases can be largely traced to intragenic variation; however, recent advances in clinical detection and gene sequencing have uncovered the emerging role of non-allelic variation (i.e. genetic trans-modifiers) in shaping disease phenotypes. Identifying ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Lee W,Paavo M,Zernant J,Stong N,Laurente Z,Bearelly S,Nagasaki T,Tsang SH,Goldstein DB,Allikmets R

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Retinitis punctate albescens (RPA) is a rare form of retinal dystrophy characterized by congenital stationary night blindness and a characteristic fundus appearance. Missense or nonsense mutations in RDH5 in homozygous or heterozygous state have been implicated in RPA.Material and methods: Two consanguineo...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Khan R,Shabbir RMK,Raza I,Abdullah U,Naeem MA,Ahmed A,Malik S,Hu Z,Xia K

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in elderly individuals in developed countries. The etiology and pathophysiology of age-related macular degeneration have not been elucidated yet. Knowing that the main pathological change of age-related macular degeneration is formation of dr...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Stasiukonyte N,Liutkeviciene R,Vilkeviciute A,Banevicius M,Kriauciuniene L

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report on a novel translocation related to a suprasellar primitive neuroectodermal tumor (sPNET) and retinoblastoma. DESIGN:Case report. METHODS:A 6-year-old girl underwent genetic testing after developing unilateral retinoblastoma subsequent to treatment (surgery, chemotherapy, and stem-cell rescue) for a...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Huddleston S,McNall-Knapp RY,Siatkowski M,Odom C,Brennan R,Wilson MW

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00