An interstitial deletion of 6p24-p25 proximal to the FKHL7 locus and including AP-2α that affects anterior eye chamber development

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 708-710

  Davies, Angela F ^a   Mirza, Ghazala ^a   Flinter, Frances ^a   Ragoussis, Jiannis ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior eye chamber defect; AP 2 ; Cardiac defect; FKHL7

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 6P; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROPHTHALMOS; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032877883     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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