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GENATLAS PHENOTYPE
last update : 23-09-2010
Symbol RP28
Location 2p15
HGNC id 10281
Name retinitis pigmentosa 28
Corresponding gene FAM161A
Other symbol(s) ARRP14
Main clinical features
  • early onset (five to fifteen years), Indian family
  • characterized by constriction of the visual fields, night blindness, and fundus changes, including 'bone corpuscle' lumps of pigment
  • on funduscopy, pallor of the optic discs and attenuation of blood vessels were common, but bone-spicule-like pigmentation was often mild or lacking (.PMID: 20705279))
  • Genetic determination autosomal recessive
    Prevalence 12p100 of ARRP
    Function/system disorder eye
    Type disease
    Remark(s)