A clinical and molecular-genetic analysis of Chinese patients with lattice corneal dystrophy and novel Thr538Pro mutation in the TGFBI (BIGH3) gene

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-76

  Yu, Ping ^a   Gu, Yangshun ^a   Yang, Yuehong ^a   Yan, Xiaoyi ^a   Chen, Lili ^a   Ge, Zhen ^a   Qi, Ming ^a   Si, Jianmin ^b   Guo, Lei ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Lattice corneal dystrophy; Mutation; Polymorphism; TGFBI (BIGH3)

Indexed keywords

PROLINE; TGFB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; THREONINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CHINA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROLINE; THREONINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 33745222089     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: 00221333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02728974     Document Type: Article

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