Progressive polymorphic congenital cataract caused by a CRYBB2 mutation in a Chinese family

Molecular Vision

Volumn 11, Issue , 2005, Pages 758-763

  Yao, Ke ^a   Tang, Xiajing ^a   Shentu, Xingchao ^a   Wang, Kaijun ^a   Rao, Huiying ^a   Xia, Kun ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b National Laboratory of Medical Genetics of China   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN CRYBB2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SLIT LAMP;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BETA-CRYSTALLIN B CHAIN; CATARACT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 26244446017     PISSN: 10900535     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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