Retinitis Pigmentosa 35

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A number sign (#) is used with this entry because of evidence that retinitis pigmentosa-35 (RP35) can be caused by compound heterozygous mutation in the SEMA4A gene (607292) on chromosome 1q22.

For a phenotypic description and a discussion of genetic heterogeneity of retinitis pigmentosa, see 268000.

Molecular Genetics

Abid et al. (2006) screened 135 Pakistani patients with retinitis pigmentosa, 25 with cone-rod dystrophy (CORD10; 610283), and 30 with congenital blindness for mutations in the SEMA4A gene. They identified compound heterozygosity for 2 substitutions (607292.0001-607292.0002) in 2 RP and 2 CORD patients and heterozygosity for another substitution (607292.0003) in 3 patients with RP and 1 patient with congenital blindness. None of the mutations were found in 100 ethnically matched controls.