Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome resulting from mutation of the FKHL7 gene on chromosome 6p25

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-74

  Mirzayans, Farideh ^a   Gould, Douglas B ^a   Heon E ^b   Billingsley, Gail D ^b   Cheung, Jason C ^b   Mears, Alan J ^a   Walter, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axenfeld Rieger anomaly; Axenfeld Rieger syndrome; Chromosome 6p25; FKHL7; Forkhead like 7; Mutation; PITX2

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA MARKER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; AXENFELD RIEGER SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME 6P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENOTYPE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SYNDROME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033993639     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200354     Document Type: Article

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