Hunter AG, Thompson DR, Reed MH, Macrodimitris AG. Night blindness, characteristic facies, and skeletal abnormalities in two brothers.
J Med Genet 1979;
16:309-13. [PMID:
314984 PMCID:
PMC1012676 DOI:
10.1136/jmg.16.4.309]
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Abstract
Two brothers are described with a similar physical appearance characterised by minor periorbital anomalies, malar flatness, a maxillary overbite, retrognathia, sloping shoulders, joint hyperextensibility, and minor radiological anomalies. In addition, they had a slowly progressing night blindness, myopia, and extinguished electroretinograms. The mother had mild expression of some of the physical anomalies and a decreased electroretinogram response to red light. We have been unable to find any report of similarly affected children. The possible modes of inheritance are discussed.
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