Genetic heterogeneity of the Coppock-like cataract: A mutation in CRYBB2 on chromosome 22q11.2

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 159-165

  Gill, Dan ^a   Klose, Robert ^a   Munier, Francis L ^b,c   McFadden, Michelle ^a   Priston, Megan ^a   Billingsley, Gail ^a   Ducrey, Nicolas ^b   Schorderet, Daniel F ^c   Héon, Elise ^a,d,e  

^a Eye Research Institute of Canada   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL OPHTALMIQUE JULES GONIN   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CRYSTALLIN; DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-CRYSTALLIN B CHAIN; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; CRYSTALLINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0033986327     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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