Links

Patient Support Groups

•   Royal National Institute for the Blind
   
•   Sense
   
•   Macular Disease Society
   
•   British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society
   
•   National Library for the Blind
   
•   Guide Dogs for the Blind
   
•   Action for Blind People
   
•   Genetic Alliance UK (Lists many support groups relevant to genetic disease)
   
   

Organisations Sponsoring Research

•   Fight for Sight
   
•   International Glaucoma Association 

Genetic Testing UK and Worldwide Information Sources

•   UK Genetic Testing Network 
   
•   European Directory of DNA Diagnostic Laboratories (EDDNAL)
   
•   GeneTests
   

Genetic Meetings

•   American Society of Human Genetics
    
•   British Society for Human Genetics 

Gene and Mutation Databases

•   Retnet (a database of inherited retinal diseases and genes)
    
•   Human Gene Mutation Database - Cardiff
   
•   Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
   
•   Retina International  (a comprehensive database of mutations and genes
                                 causing retinal degeneration)

Relevant Publications

• www.phgfoundation.org
  Report:  Genetic Ophthalmology in Focus   (report opens as PDF)

Others

•   Genetic Interest Group 
   
•   Vision 2020 

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