title: Molecular genetics of inherited retinal degenerations.
abstract: There has recently been substantial progress in categorizing the vast range of human retinal degeneration phenotypes. A molecular approach has assigned chromosomal locations for approximately a dozen such diseases and has identified four of the genes involved.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Genetics Unit Division of Human Genetics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lindsay
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Inglehearn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
mesh_terms: D016117:Albinism, Ocular / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D015794:Choroideremia / Q000235:genetics; D003062:Codon; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D009755:Night Blindness / Q000235:genetics; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000235:genetics*; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000235:genetics*; D014960:X Chromosome
chemical_list: D003062:Codon