By Robert F. Mullins, Gregory S. Hageman Ph.D. (auth.), Matthew M. LaVail, Joe G. Hollyfield, Robert E. Anderson (eds.)

Since 1984, we've equipped satellite tv for pc Symposia on Retinal Degenerations which are held at the side of the biennial foreign Congress of Eye learn. The timing and site of our Retinal Degeneration Symposia have all owed scientists and clinicians from around the globe to convene and current their interesting new findings. The symposia were prepared to permit considerable time for discussions and one-on-one interactions in a peaceful atmos­ phere, the place foreign friendships and collaborations might be proven. The II overseas Symposium (also often called the Sendai Symposium on Retinal Degeneration) used to be held in 1986 in Sendai, Japan, at the celebration of the retirement of Kat­ suyoshi Mizuno as Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology at Tohoku clinical college On October 5-9, 1996, we back to Sendai, the place the VII overseas Symposium was once held on the Miyagi Zao hotel resort within the appealing Mt. Zao zone of northern Japan. This assembly was once hung on the celebration of the 10th anniversary of Makoto Tarnai as professional­ fessor and Chairman of Ophthalmology at Tohoku clinical college. One afternoon of the assembly contained a distinct symposium in honor of Professor Tarnai, who has signifi­ cantly increased the extent and depth of study on retinal degenerations at his collage and in Japan in this previous decade.

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The cases described were considered to represent a newly recognized entity of XLCD associated with the Mizuo-Nakamura phenomenon in which the tapetal-likc reflex disappeared after long dark adaptation (3). DNA analysis of XLCD families has also been reported. and the causative gene (COD I) has been localized to the short ann of the X-chromosome (5- 7). No XLCD cases have been reported, to date, in Japan. Herein, we present clinical features of a family with XLCD associated with a tapetal-like reflex.

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