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- Title
Long-term clinical course of 2 Japanese patients with <italic>PRPF31</italic>-related retinitis pigmentosa.
- Authors
Kurata, Kentaro; Hosono, Katsuhiro; Hotta, Yoshihiro
- Abstract
Purpose: To assess the long-term clinical course of 2 patients with <italic>PRPF31</italic>-related retinitis pigmentosa (RP).Patients and methods: We clinically examined 2 unrelated patients with RP and collected peripheral blood samples from them. Ophthalmic examinations, including best-corrected visual acuity measurements, Goldmann perimetry, full-field electroretinography, fundus autofluorescence imaging, and optical coherence tomography, were also performed. The visual acuity and visual field were continuously monitored. To identify the causative mutations, 74 genes known to cause RP or Leber congenital amaurosis were examined via targeted next-generation sequencing.Results: The clinical courses of both patients were similar. The onset of nyctalopia occurred in the first decade. Fundus examination showed typical RP. Although the patients’ visual acuity was relatively preserved even into the fourth decade, the visual field area exhibited rapid deterioration in the mid-teens, with severe concentric constriction in the third decade. Mutation analysis revealed <italic>PRPF31</italic> mutations as the cause for autosomal dominant RP in both patients.Conclusions: To the best of our knowledge, few reports of long-term observations pertaining to patients with <italic>PRPF31</italic>-related RP have been published. The findings reported herein, especially those relating to the progressive degeneration of the visual field, may ultimately play a role in the provision of high-quality counseling for patients with this condition.
- Subjects
RETINITIS pigmentosa; VISUAL fields; VISUAL acuity; PERIMETRY; OPTICAL coherence tomography
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology, 2018, Vol 62, Issue 2, p186
- ISSN
0021-5155
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10384-017-0560-7