Novel Mutations in the CHST6 Gene Associated with Macular Corneal Dystrophy in Southern India

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1608-1612

  Warren, John F ^a,e   Aldave, Anthony J ^a,d   Srinivasan, M ^b   Thonar, Eugene J ^c   Kumar, Abha B ^a   Cevallos, Vicky ^a   Whitcher, John P ^a   Margolis, Todd P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^c RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Francis I Proctor Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE SULFOTRANSFERASE; GENOMIC DNA; KERATAN SULFATE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; SULFOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHEEK MUCOSA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA MACULAR DYSTROPHY; DELETION MUTANT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILY STUDY; GENE INSERTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP;

CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INDIA; KERATAN SULFATE; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFOTRANSFERASES;

EID: 0242695789     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.121.11.1608     Document Type: Article

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