Mutations causing butterfly-shaped eye pigment dystrophy identified

Monday, December 21, 2015 - 15:12 in Health & Medicine

A butterfly-shaped pigment accumulation in the macula of the eye, which can lead to severe vision loss in some patients, is due to mutations in the alpha-catenin 1 gene (CTNNA1), an international research consortium reports.

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