Three novel PAX6 mutations in patients with aniridia

Journal of Clinical Pathology - Molecular Pathology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 180-183

  Zumkeller, W ^a   Orth, U ^b   Gal, A ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIRIDIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; NONSENSE MUTATION; PAX6 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIBLING; SINGLE STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0038648564     PISSN: 13668714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/mp.56.3.180     Document Type: Article

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