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    LCA and Project 3000

    • My child has been diagnosed with LCA. What do we need to do to participate in Project 3000?
    • Will insurance cover genetic testing for LCA?
    • I have learned that my insurance company will not pay for genetic testing. Now what?
    • Our child has been diagnosed with LCA. Why are we being asked for “parental” samples? Neither of us is affected.
    • What is the protocol for submitting parental samples?
    • What can I personally do to move research forward?

    Articles of Interest:

    • Leber congenital amaurosis: Clinical correlations with genotypes, gene therapy trials update, and future directions.
    • Visual Acuity in Patients with Leber's Congenital Amaurosis and Early Childhood-Onset Retinitis Pigmentosa
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