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• Butterfly-shaped pigment dystrophy of the fovea caused by a point mutation in codon 167 of the RDS gene.

  Nichols BE, Sheffield VC, Vandenburgh K, Drack AV, Kimura AE, Stone EM. Nichols BE, et al. Nat Genet. 1993 Mar;3(3):202-7. doi: 10.1038/ng0393-202. Nat Genet. 1993. PMID: 8485574
• A null mutation in the human peripherin/RDS gene in a family with autosomal dominant retinitis punctata albescens.

  Kajiwara K, Sandberg MA, Berson EL, Dryja TP. Kajiwara K, et al. Nat Genet. 1993 Mar;3(3):208-12. doi: 10.1038/ng0393-208. Nat Genet. 1993. PMID: 8485575
• Mutations in the human retinal degeneration slow (RDS) gene can cause either retinitis pigmentosa or macular dystrophy.

  Wells J, Wroblewski J, Keen J, Inglehearn C, Jubb C, Eckstein A, Jay M, Arden G, Bhattacharya S, Fitzke F, et al. Wells J, et al. Nat Genet. 1993 Mar;3(3):213-8. doi: 10.1038/ng0393-213. Nat Genet. 1993. PMID: 8485576