Familial grouped pigmentation of the retinal pigment epithelium.
Grouped pigmentation of the retinal pigment epithelium was found in a father and his son. They had a normal resting potential on the electro-oculogram, but the son had a lower normal light rise. We believe this is the first description of familial grouped pigmentation.
de Jong
P T
PT
Department of Opthalmology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Eye Hospital, The Netherlands.
Delleman
J W
JW
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000235:genetics*