Homogeneity of kerato-epithelin codon 124 mutations in Japanese patients with either of two types of corneal stromal dystrophy [2]

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1448-1450

  Mashima, Y ^a   Imamura, Y ^a   Konishi, M ^a   Nagasawa, A ^a   Yamada, M ^a   Oguchi, Y ^a   Kudoh, J ^a   Shimizu, N ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; DNA;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; LETTER; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031454598     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301649     Document Type: Letter

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