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  • Title: Familial vestibulocerebellar disorder maps to chromosome 13q31-q33: a new nystagmus locus.
    Author: Ragge NK, Hartley C, Dearlove AM, Walker J, Russell-Eggitt I, Harris CM.
    Journal: J Med Genet; 2003 Jan; 40(1):37-41. PubMed ID: 12525540.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: To determine a gene locus for a family with a dominantly inherited vestibulocerebellar disorder characterised by early onset, but not congenital nystagmus. DESIGN: Observational and experimental study. METHODS: We carried out a phenotypic study of a unique four generation family with nystagmus. We performed genetic linkage studies including a genome wide search. RESULTS: Affected family members developed vestibulocerebellar type nystagmus in the first two years of life. A higher incidence of strabismus was noted in affected members. Haplotype construction and analysis of recombination events linked the disorder to a locus (NYS4) on chromosome 13q31-q33 with a lod score of 6.322 at theta=0 for D13S159 and narrowed the region to a 13.8 cM region between markers D13S1300 and D13S158. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that the early onset acquired nystagmus seen in this family is caused by a single gene defect. Identification of the gene may hold the key to understanding pathways for early eye stabilisation and strabismus.
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