Further genetic heterogeneity for autosomal dominant human sutural cataracts

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 71-77

  Klopp, Norman ^a   Héon, Elise ^c   Billingsley, Gail ^c   Illig, Thomas ^b   Wjst, Matthias ^b   Rudolph, Günther ^d   Graw, Jochen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Institute of Epidemiology   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystallin; Humans; Linkage analysis; Mutation; Polymorphism; Sutural cataract

Indexed keywords

GAMMA CRYSTALLIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BASE PAIRING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOP CODON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CATARACT; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CRYSTALLINS; DNA; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0344837372     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069134     Document Type: Article

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