Racial Disparities in Genetic Detection Rates for Inherited Retinal Diseases.

Importance: The association of race and detection of pathogenic variants using wide-panel genetic testing for inherited retinal diseases (IRD), to our knowledge, has not been studied previously.

Objective: To investigate the genetic detection rates of wide-panel testing in Black and non-Hispanic White patients with IRDs.

Design, Setting, Participants: This 2-group comparison used retrospective patient data that were collected at the University of Michigan (UM) and Blueprint Genetics (BG).

The Michigan Vision-Related Anxiety Questionnaire: A Psychosocial Outcomes Measure for Inherited Retinal Degenerations.

Objective: We sought to construct and validate a patient-reported outcome measure for screening and monitoring vision-related anxiety in patients with inherited retinal degenerations.

Design: Item-response theory and graded response modeling to quantitatively validate questionnaire items generated from qualitative interviews and patient feedback.

Methods: Patients at the Kellogg Eye Center (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA) with a clinical diagnosis of an inherited retinal degeneration (n = 128) participated in an interviewer-administered questionnaire.

The Michigan Retinal Degeneration Questionnaire: A Patient-Reported Outcome Instrument for Inherited Retinal Degenerations.

Purpose: To create a psychometrically validated patient-reported outcome measure for inherited retinal degenerations.

Design: Qualitative and quantitative patient-reported outcome (PROs) questionnaire development using item response theory validation.

Methods: One hundred twenty-eight patients with a diagnosis of an inherited retinal degeneration at the Kellogg Eye Center (University of Michigan) were recruited and administered a 166-item questionnaire comprising 7 expert-defined domains.

Implementation of a registry and open access genetic testing program for inherited retinal diseases within a non-profit foundation.

The Foundation Fighting Blindness is a 50-year old 501c(3) non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the development of treatments and cures for people affected by the inherited retinal diseases (IRD), a group of clinical diagnoses that include orphan diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa, Usher syndrome, and Stargardt disease, among others. Over $760 M has been raised and invested in preclinical and clinical research and resources. Key resources include a multi-national clinical consortium, an international patient registry with over 15,700 members that is expanding rapidly, and an open access genetic testing program that provides no cost comprehensive genetic testing to people clinically diagnosed with an IRD living in the United States.

Rapid visual field constriction in a patient with retinitis pigmentosa and pituitary adenoma.

Purpose: To report a case of pituitary adenoma in a patient with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and consequent rapid constriction of the visual field in each eye, which is atypical for either of these pathologies.

Observations: A 45-year old male, with a long-standing history of RP, presented with rapid vision loss over 3 months. Examination revealed a severe drop in visual acuity and significant progression of concentric visual field constriction in each eye compared to 3 months prior.

Coats-like Exudative Vitreoretinopathy in Retinitis Pigmentosa: Ocular Manifestations and Treatment Outcomes.

Purpose: To provide a comprehensive review of the ocular manifestations, outcomes, and genetic findings in patients with Coats-like retinitis pigmentosa (RP).

Design: Multicenter, retrospective, nonconsecutive case series.

Participants: Patients with a diagnosis of RP demonstrating Coats-like exudative vitreoretinopathy between January 1, 2008, and October 1, 2019.

X-Chromosome Inactivation Is a Biomarker of Clinical Severity in Female Carriers of RPGR-Associated X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa.

Purpose: X-linked retinitis pigmentosa can manifest in female carriers with widely variable severity, whereas others remain unaffected. The contribution of X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) to phenotypic variation has been postulated but not demonstrated. Furthermore, the impact of genotype and genetic modifiers has been demonstrated in affected males but has not been well established in female carriers.

Detailed clinical characterisation, unique features and natural history of autosomal recessive -associated retinal degeneration.

Background: Defects in retinol dehydrogenase 12 () account for 3.4%-10.5 % of Leber congenital amaurosis and early-onset severe retinal dystrophy (EOSRD) and are a potential target for gene therapy.

Contrast sensitivity deficits in patients with mutation-proven inherited retinal degenerations.

Background: Patients with retinal diseases frequently complain of poor visual function even when visual acuity is relatively unaffected. This clinical finding has been attributed to deficits in contrast sensitivity (CS). The purpose of our study was to evaluate the CS in patients with clinical and genetic diagnosis of inherited retinal degeneration (IRD) and relatively preserved visual acuity.

Retinal detachment and infantile-onset glaucoma in Stickler syndrome associated with known and novel COL2A1 mutations.

Background: Few reports on surgical outcomes after retinal detachment in Stickler syndrome exist. Also, infantile-onset glaucoma associated with Stickler syndrome has been rarely reported and no reports exist that examine outcomes after glaucoma surgery. This study describes the clinical and genetic associations and the long-term outcomes of retinal detachment repair or glaucoma surgery in patients with Stickler syndrome.