Autosomal dominant granular corneal dystrophy caused by a TGFBI gene mutation in a Mexican family;Distrofia corneal granular autosómica dominante causada por mutación del gen TGFBI en una familia Mexicana

Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 369-374

  Zenteno, Juan Carlos ^a   Santacruz Valdes C ^a   Ramirez Miranda A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY CONDE DE VALENCIANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Corneal dystrophy; Corneal genetic disease; Stromal dystrophy; TGFBI mutation

Indexed keywords

BETAIG H3 PROTEIN; BETAIG-H3 PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE;

CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 33847004409     PISSN: 03656691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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