Abstract
We describe six related patients presenting with an autosomal dominantly inherited pattern dystrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium, significantly abnormal electro-oculogram and minor colour vision abnormalities. There is a continuum of variable phenotypic expression within the pattern dystrophies of the retinal pigment epithelium.
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Duinkerke-Eerola, K.U., Pinckers, A. & Cruysberg, J.R.M. Pattern dystrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium. Int Ophthalmol 11, 65–72 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00136731
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