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Phenotypes in three Swedish families with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa caused by different mutations in the RPGR gene

Andréasson, Sten LU ; Ponjavic, Vesna LU ; Abrahamson, Magnus LU ; Ehinger, Berndt LU orcid ; Wu, W ; Fujita, R ; Buraczynska, M and Swaroop, A (1997) In American Journal of Ophthalmology 124(1). p.95-102
Abstract
PURPOSE: To assess the clinical phenotypes in three Swedish families with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa caused by different mutations in the RPGR gene. METHODS: Three families from different parts of Sweden, including nine patients with retinitis pigmentosa and six female carriers of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa, were examined clinically. Ophthalmologic examination included kinetic perimetry with a Goldmann perimeter using standardized objects I4e and V4e, dark adaptation final thresholds with a Goldmann-Weeker adaptometer, and full-field electroretinograms. RESULTS: The clinical findings in the patients demonstrated a severe form of retinitis pigmentosa with visual handicap early in life. Patients with a microdeletion of exons 8 through... (More)
PURPOSE: To assess the clinical phenotypes in three Swedish families with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa caused by different mutations in the RPGR gene. METHODS: Three families from different parts of Sweden, including nine patients with retinitis pigmentosa and six female carriers of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa, were examined clinically. Ophthalmologic examination included kinetic perimetry with a Goldmann perimeter using standardized objects I4e and V4e, dark adaptation final thresholds with a Goldmann-Weeker adaptometer, and full-field electroretinograms. RESULTS: The clinical findings in the patients demonstrated a severe form of retinitis pigmentosa with visual handicap early in life. Patients with a microdeletion of exons 8 through 10 of the RPGR gene had a more severe phenotype compared to the patients with single base-pair mutations in the introns 10 and 13 of the RPGR gene, resulting in splicing defects. Furthermore, heterozygous carriers in these families displayed a wide spectrum of clinical features, from minor symptoms to severe visual disability. CONCLUSION: These three families show a variable clinical phenotype resulting from different mutations in the RPGR gene. A microdeletion spanning at least parts of exons 8 through 10 seems to result in a severe phenotype compared to the splice defects. Heterozygous carriers of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa with these specific RPGR genotypes also show a variability of the phenotype; carriers with the microdeletion may be severely visually handicapped. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{PURPOSE: To assess the clinical phenotypes in three Swedish families with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa caused by different mutations in the RPGR gene. METHODS: Three families from different parts of Sweden, including nine patients with retinitis pigmentosa and six female carriers of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa, were examined clinically. Ophthalmologic examination included kinetic perimetry with a Goldmann perimeter using standardized objects I4e and V4e, dark adaptation final thresholds with a Goldmann-Weeker adaptometer, and full-field electroretinograms. RESULTS: The clinical findings in the patients demonstrated a severe form of retinitis pigmentosa with visual handicap early in life. Patients with a microdeletion of exons 8 through 10 of the RPGR gene had a more severe phenotype compared to the patients with single base-pair mutations in the introns 10 and 13 of the RPGR gene, resulting in splicing defects. Furthermore, heterozygous carriers in these families displayed a wide spectrum of clinical features, from minor symptoms to severe visual disability. CONCLUSION: These three families show a variable clinical phenotype resulting from different mutations in the RPGR gene. A microdeletion spanning at least parts of exons 8 through 10 seems to result in a severe phenotype compared to the splice defects. Heterozygous carriers of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa with these specific RPGR genotypes also show a variability of the phenotype; carriers with the microdeletion may be severely visually handicapped.}},
  author       = {{Andréasson, Sten and Ponjavic, Vesna and Abrahamson, Magnus and Ehinger, Berndt and Wu, W and Fujita, R and Buraczynska, M and Swaroop, A}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
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  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{American Journal of Ophthalmology}},
  title        = {{Phenotypes in three Swedish families with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa caused by different mutations in the RPGR gene}},
  volume       = {{124}},
  year         = {{1997}},
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