Two cases of Reis-Bücklers corneal dystrophy (granular corneal dystrophy type III) caused by spontaneous mutations in the TGFBI gene

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 589-593

  Tanhehco, Tasha Y ^b   Eifrig Jr , David E ^b   Schwab, Ivan R ^b   Rapuano, Christopher J ^b   Klintworth, Gordon K ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EROSION; CORNEA OPACITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REIS BUCKLERS CORNEAL DYSTROPHY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 33645865832     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.4.589     Document Type: Article

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