A research on TGFBI gene mutations in Chinese families with corneal dystrophies

Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 310-312

  Qi, Yan Hua ^a   He, Hongdan ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Lin, Hui ^a   Gu, Jing Zhi ^a   Su, Hong ^a   Huang, Shang Zhi ^b  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant inheritance; Corneal dystrophy; Heterozygote; Mutations; TGFBI gene

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA EXTRACTION; EXON; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MONGOLIA; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RACE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 33745291058     PISSN: 10039406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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