TY - JOUR T1 - Vitreoretinopathy with phalangeal epiphyseal dysplasia, a type II collagenopathy resulting from a novel mutation in the C-propeptide region of the molecule JF - Journal of Medical Genetics JO - J Med Genet SP - 661 LP - 665 DO - 10.1136/jmg.39.9.661 VL - 39 IS - 9 AU - A J Richards AU - J Morgan AU - P W P Bearcroft AU - E Pickering AU - M J Owen AU - P Holmans AU - N Williams AU - C Tysoe AU - F M Pope AU - M P Snead AU - H Hughes Y1 - 2002/09/01 UR - http://jmg.bmj.com/content/39/9/661.abstract N2 - A large family with dominantly inherited rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, premature arthropathy, and development of phalangeal epiphyseal dysplasia, resulting in brachydactyly was linked to COL2A1, the gene encoding proα1(II) collagen. Mutational analysis of the gene by exon sequencing identified a novel mutation in the C-propeptide region of the molecule. The glycine to aspartic acid change occurred in a region that is highly conserved in all fibrillar collagen molecules. The resulting phenotype does not fit easily into pre-existing subgroups of the type II collagenopathies, which includes spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, and the Kniest, Strudwick, and Stickler dysplasias. ER -