X-linked retinitis pigmentosa: re-evaluation of fundus findings and the use of haplotype analysis in clarification of carrier female status.

abstract：:Angioid streaks were observed in two patients with abetalipoproteinemia. The progression of the angioid streaks was minimal over the years that these patients received vitamin A and E supplementation, though in one patient the development of subretinal neovascular membranes within the angioid streaks was the cause of ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Gorin MB,Paul TO,Rader DJ

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) with 193-nm excimer laser is a safe and effective procedure for the treatment of superficial corneal pathology. We aimed to review the use of PTK for the treatment of corneal macular dystrophy (MCD). METHODS:Case report and literature review. RESULTS:A 16-year-old boy presen...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Shields M,Craig JE,Souzeau E,Gupta A

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：:Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) is a major cause of heritable human blindness with a high genetic heterogeneity. It is characterized by the initial degeneration of rod photoreceptors followed by cone photoreceptors. RP is also a prominent reason of visual impairment, by a global prevalence of 1:4000. RP is usually specified...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Salmaninejad A,Motaee J,Farjami M,Alimardani M,Esmaeilie A,Pasdar A

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Wildervanck Syndrome (WS; cervico-oculo-acoustic syndrome) consists of Duane retraction syndrome (DRS), the Klippel-Feil anomaly, and congenital deafness. It is much more common in females than males and could be due to an X-linked mutation that is lethal to hemizygous males. We present the genetic evaluatio...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Abu-Amero KK,Kondkar AA,Alorainy IA,Khan AO,Al-Enazy LA,Oystreck DT,Bosley TM

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：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

abstract：:Background: Hydroxychloroquine retinal toxicity can occur in up to 7.5% of patients receiving treatment; however, possible genetic risk factors are poorly understood. The main objective of the study was to explore candidate genetic risk factors for retinal toxicity.Materials and Methods: Case-control study of patients...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Mack HG,Kowalski T,Lucattini A,Symons RA,Wicks I,Hall AJ

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Congenital glaucoma (CG) results from poorly understood developmental abnormalities of the aqueous drainage structures and is clinically characterized by high intraocular pressure (IOP), epiphora, corneal oedema, photophobia, blepharospasm and ocular enlargement. To date, more than 50 pathogenic mutations in ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Giuffre' I

更新日期：2011-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To describe the clinical and genetic findings in a Chinese family with three sibs diagnosed with Usher syndrome type IIC. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Four members received ophthalmic and otologic tests to ascertain the clinical characteristics. According to the clinical phenotype, we focused attention on a total ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Zhang N,Wang J,Liu S,Liu M,Jiang F

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：:Aicardi syndrome was originally described as a triad of partial or complete agenesis of the corpus callosum, infantile spasms, and pathognomic chorioretinal lacunae. Of approximately 200 cases reported since it was originally described in 1965, there have been no undisputed reports of Aicardi syndrome in a 46 XY male....

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Chappelow AV,Reid J,Parikh S,Traboulsi EI

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical findings of a 2.5-year-old girl presenting with barely detectable horizontal nystagmus and high hypermetropia are described. Despite the normal appearing anterior segments, the child had posterior microphthalmus and bilateral papillomacular retinal folds, conforming to a recently described, rare congenital di...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Kiratli H,Tümer B,Kadayifçilar S

更新日期：2000-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:A Chinese family with X-linked juvenile retinoschisis (XLRS) was identified. The purpose of this study was to identify genetic defects in this family and to investigate the visual function during the progression of the disease in the proband from childhood to adulthood. METHODS:The family history was collec...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Xu F,Sui R,Dong F

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with a deletion at the terminal end of chromosome 6p can present with a variety of ophthalmological and systemic malformations. In this paper we present two patients with this chromosomal anomaly and similar anterior eye-segment abnormalities. We also give an overview of the literature on the ophthalmological...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Cornelis T,Rayyan M,Devriendt K,Casteels I

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In this study, we aimed to detect mutations in the SLC7A14 cationic transporter gene, which has recently been reported as a causative gene for retinitis pigmentosa (RP), in Japanese patients with autosomal recessive (AR) or sporadic RP. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We included 146 unrelated Japanese patients with AR ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Sugahara M,Oishi M,Oishi A,Ogino K,Morooka S,Gotoh N,Kang I,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electro-oculogram (EOG) was studied in 156 normal patients, 103 patients with Best's disease, and 52 patients with dominant cystoid macular dystrophy (DCMD). Statistical analysis was performed by comparing the distribution of Lp/Dt ratios of the groups. Strength of association between Lp/Dt ratio and age was studi...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Pinckers A,Cuypers MH,Aandekerk AL

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptophthalmos is a condition of congenital eyelid malformation most commonly accompanied by syndactyly, urogenital anomalies, and cognitive impairments as in Fraser syndrome. We report on a patient with characteristic features consistent with autosomal dominant bilateral complete isolated cryptophthalmos. This patie...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Egier D,Orton R,Allen L,Siu VM

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the clinical and molecular genetic features of a large multi-generation Norwegian family with dominant cone-rod dystrophy. Ophthalmological evaluation including electroretinography showed cone dysfunction in younger patients, with rod dysfunction becoming apparent at more advanced stages of the disease. In ...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Van Ghelue M,Eriksen HL,Ponjavic V,Fagerheim T,Andréasson S,Forsman-Semb K,Sandgren O,Holmgren G,Tranebjaerg L

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MSX2 mutations are a very rare cause of craniosynostosis. Gain-of-function mutations may lead to the Boston-type craniosynostosis with limb defects and refraction errors, whereas loss-of-function mutations causes primary osseous defects such as enlarged parietal foramina. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Herein we rep...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Plaisancié J,Collet C,Pelletier V,Perdomo Y,Studer F,Fradin M,Schaefer E,Speeg-Schatz C,Bloch-Zupan A,Flori E,Dollfus H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The study was undertaken to investigate whether anterior segment findings are different in children with Down syndrome (DS) to normal children and to focus on its clinical significance. METHODS:A cross-sectional case control study was conducted in a total of 38 children with DS and 42 healthy children. This is...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Aslan L,Aslankurt M,Aksoy A,Gümüşalan Y

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The crystallin family of proteins comprise the main structural proteins of the vertebrate lens and have been classified into alpha-, beta-, and gamma- families. Several of the beta-crystallin proteins have been detected in the retina where they are each localized to different compartments of rod and cone photor...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Sturgill GM,Bala E,Yaniglos SS,Peachey NS,Hagstrom SA

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one probands, twelve with bilateral and nine with unilateral retinoblastoma, were screened for mutations in the RB1 gene using genomic DNA from peripheral blood leukocytes as well as tumors. Amplification of individual exons and flanking regions of the RB1 gene were carried out, followed by direct sequencing of...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Ata-ur-Rasheed M,Vemuganti Gk,Honavar Sg,Ahmed N,Hasnain Se,Kannabiran C

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Functional polymorphisms in genes encoding antioxidant enzymes may result in reduced enzyme activity and increased levels of reactive oxygen species, such as superoxide radicals, which in turn may contribute to increased risk of age-related disorders. Copper-zinc superoxide dismutases, SOD-1 and SOD-3, and m...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Celojevic D,Nilsson S,Behndig A,Tasa G,Juronen E,Karlsson JO,Zetterberg H,Petersen A,Zetterberg M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical and electrophysiological characterization of four family members from three generations who have X-linked infantile periodic alternating nystagmus (XIPAN). METHODS:Complete clinical ophthalmological evaluation, pedigree analysis, electroretinograms (ERG), eye movement recordings (EMR...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Hertle RW,Yang D,Kelly K,Hill VM,Atkin J,Seward A

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：:The autoinflammatory syndromes are rare inherited disorders characterized by recurrent attacks of multi-system inflammation caused by genetic mutations that result in abnormal upregulation of key innate immune mediators. The term autoinflammatory syndromes includes a broad variety of disorders, including cryopyrin-ass...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Tarabishy AB,Hise AG,Traboulsi EI

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because mutations in the peripherin/RDS gene have been found in retinal dystrophies involving the macula, we examined various types of macular dystrophies from southern France to characterize sequence variations that may be associated with these conditions. DNA sequence analysis of the full coding and flanking regions...

journal_title：Ophthalmic genetics

authors： Bareil C,Hamel C,Arnaud B,Demaille J,Claustres M

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00