Mutation Analysis of the TGFBI Gene in Vietnamese with Granular and Avellino Corneal Dystrophy

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 12-16

  Cung, Le Xuan ^a,b   Ha, Nguyen Thanh ^b   Chau, Hoang Minh ^a   Thanh, Ton Kim ^a   Fujiki, Keiko ^b   Murakami, Akira ^b   Hiratsuka, Yoshimune ^b   Kanai, Atsushi ^b  

^a National Institute of Ophthalmology   (Viet Nam)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avellino corneal dystrophy; Granular corneal dystrophy; Mutational analysis; Transforming growth factor induced gene; Vietnamese population

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLIT LAMP; TGFBI GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VIETNAM;

EID: 0842321896     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-003-0009-z     Document Type: Article

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