Exclusion of COL8A1, the gene encoding the α2(VIII) chain of type VIII collagen, as a candidate for Fuchs endothelial dystrophy and posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy [2]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1430-1431

  Urquhart, J E ^a   Biswas, S ^a   Black, G C M ^a,d   Munier, F L ^b   Sutphin, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HÔPITAL OPHTALMIQUE JULES GONIN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 8; COLLAGEN TYPE 8 ALPHA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EDEMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; LETTER; NEURAL CREST; POSTERIOR POLYMORPHOUS CORNEA DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; COLLAGEN TYPE VIII; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 33750744084     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.093385     Document Type: Letter

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