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Subretinal Transplantation of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Derived-retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells into a Large-eyed Model of Geographic Atrophy
Published on: January 22, 2018
Autosomal recessive vitreoretinopathy and encephaloceles
Abstract:
We conducted a ten-year follow-up of an unusual pedigree with an autosomal recessive vitreoretinal degeneration, severe myopia, and congenital encephalocele. All five affected members (four girls and one boy) also had early, recurrent bilateral detachments. Color vision testing disclosed an acquired tritan dyschromatopsia and electroretinography showed subnormal photopic and scotopic amplitudes, delayed b-wave implicit times and 30-Hz flicker-phase relations, and absent scotopic b-wave oscillations.
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