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This report describes ocular findings obtained in four patients from three families with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (adRP) due to missense mutations in the rhodopsin gene. Phenotypes were characterized by standard ophthalmologic examinations, visual fields, electroretinography (ERG), dark adaptation, and two-color dark-adapted threshold perimetry. Two patients aged 38 and 45 years, respectively, from a family with the Cys110Phe mutation showed mild fundus changes without bone spicules as well as small arcuate scotomas in the inferior quadrants of their visual fields but displayed severe functional loss of rods and cones in the ERG. Two-color dark-adapted threshold perimetry revealed a regional type of degeneration. A 48-year-old patient with an Arg135Gly mutation had typical RP with concentrically narrowed visual fields and nondetectable ERG responses. Central visual functions were well preserved for a long time. Two-color dark-adapted threshold perimetry indicated a diffuse type of retinal degeneration. An 18-year-old patient with a GIn344stop mutation has been followed for 13 years. His ERG was clearly reduced at the age of 5 years; since that time, disease progression has been very slow. Currently, there are relatively mild alterations in visual acuity, rod sensitivity, and visual fields. Our findings confirm that there is a large phenotypic variety among patients with adRP and different rhodopsin mutations.
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Kremmer, S., Eckstein, A., Gal, A. et al. Ocular findings in patients with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa and Cys110Phe, Arg135Gly, and GIn344stop mutations of rhodopsin. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 235, 575–583 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00947087
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