A novel variant of granular corneal dystrophy caused by association of 2 mutations in the TGFBI gene - R124L and ΔT125-ΔE126

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 814-818

  Dighiero, Paul ^a   Drunat, Séverine ^b   D'Hermies, François ^a   Renard, Gilles ^a   Delpech, Marc ^b   Valleix, Sophie ^b  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^b Lab de Biochim et Genet Molec   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXON; FRANCE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034048172     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.118.6.814     Document Type: Article

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