A mutation within exon 14 of the TGFBI (BIGH3) gene on chromosome 5q31 causes an asymmetric, late-onset form of lattice corneal dystrophy

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 964-970

  Stewart, Helen ^a,b   Black, Graeme C M ^a,c   Donnai, Dian ^a   Bonshek, Richard E ^c   McCarthy, John ^d   Morgan, Steven ^e   Dixon, Michael J ^b   Ridgway, Alan A E ^c  

^a Regional Genetics Service and Medical Genetics Research Group   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTH TYNESIDE DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e SUNDERLAND EYE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DNA DETERMINATION; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033498186     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)00539-4     Document Type: Article

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