title: X-linked ocular albinism and sensorineural deafness: linkage to Xp22.3.
abstract: X-linked ocular albinism with late-onset sensorineural deafness (OASD) is an autonomous disorder that poses significant clinical problems, causing affected individuals to be blind and deaf by early middle age. Classical X-linked ocular albinism (without deafness; OA1) has recently been linked to markers in the Xp22.2-Xp22.3 region of the human genome. In the present report, a large South African family with OASD was investigated at the molecular level and tight linkage was found to the DXS452 locus at Xp22.3 using 25 informative meioses, with a maximum lod score of 7.1 at a recombination fraction of 0.00. These findings suggest that OA1 and OASD are allelic variants or that they may be due to contiguous gene defects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Genetics, University of Cape Town Medical School, South Africa.
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Winship
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Babaya
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Ramesar
mesh_terms: D016117:Albinism, Ocular / Q000235:genetics*; D003638:Deafness / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D014960:X Chromosome