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SUBMITTER: Haer-Wigman L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4459392 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Haer-Wigman Lonneke L Newman Hadas H Leibu Rina R Bax Nathalie M NM Baris Hagit N HN Rizel Leah L Banin Eyal E Massarweh Amir A Roosing Susanne S Lefeber Dirk J DJ Zonneveld-Vrieling Marijke N MN Isakov Ofer O Shomron Noam N Sharon Dror D Den Hollander Anneke I AI Hoyng Carel B CB Cremers Frans P M FP Ben-Yosef Tamar T
Human molecular genetics 20150409 13
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP), the most common form of inherited retinal degeneration, is clinically and genetically heterogeneous and can appear as syndromic or non-syndromic. Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIC (MPS IIIC) is a lethal disorder, caused by mutations in the heparan-alpha-glucosaminide N-acetyltransferase (HGSNAT) gene and characterized by progressive neurological deterioration, with retinal degeneration as a prominent feature. We identified HGSNAT mutations in six patients with non-syndro ...[more]