Lymphedema-distichiasis syndrome and FOXC2 gene mutation

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 592-596

  Traboulsi, Elias I ^a   Al Khayer, Khouloud ^a   Matsumoto, Masayuki ^a   Kimak, Mark A ^b   Crowe, Susan ^a   Wilson, Steven E ^a   Finegold, David N ^b,c   Ferrell, Robert E ^b   Meisler, David M ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME ASSAY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FOXC2; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHEDEMA DISTICHIASIS SYNDROME; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; STOP CODON; WILD TYPE;

ABNORMALITIES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYELASHES; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; SYNDROME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0036808733     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(02)01642-2     Document Type: Article

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