TGFBI gene mutations in Brazilian patients with corneal dystrophy

Eye

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 587-590

  Solari, H P ^a,b   Ventura, M P ^b   Perez, A B A ^a   Sallum, J M F ^a   Burnier, M N ^b   Belfort, R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 34248383632     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702264     Document Type: Article

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