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GENATLAS PHENOTYPE
last update : 14-03-2017
Symbol ARRP21
Location 19p13.2
Name retinitis pigmentosa autosomal recessive, 21
Corresponding gene ARHGEF18
Other symbol(s) RP78
Main clinical features
  • onset in the third to fourth decades with central visual disturbance, visual field defects, and mild nyctalopia
  • fundus examination revealed optic disc pallor, attenuated retinal vessels, and irregular mid-peripheral intra-retinal pigment migration; fundus autofluorescence (FAF) imaging revealed widespread, irregular, peripheral hypo-autofluorescence
  • no clinical evidence of other systemic, neurological, or other epithelial disease
  • Genetic determination autosomal recessive
    Function/system disorder eye
    Type disease
    Remark(s)