Frequent hypomorphic alleles account for a significant fraction of ABCA4 disease and distinguish it from age-related macular degeneration
Conclusions
These findings substantiate the causality of frequent missense variants and their phenotypic outcomes as a significant contribution to ABCA4 disease, particularly the late-onset phenotype, and its clinical variation. They also suggest a significant revision of diagnostic screening and assessment of ABCA4 variation in aetiology of retinal diseases.
Source: Journal of Medical Genetics - Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Zernant, J., Lee, W., Collison, F. T., Fishman, G. A., Sergeev, Y. V., Schuerch, K., Sparrow, J. R., Tsang, S. H., Allikmets, R. Tags: Genotype-phenotype correlations Source Type: research