Two Chinese families with pulverulent congenital cataracts and ΔG91 CRYBA1 mutations

Molecular Vision

Volumn 13, Issue , 2007, Pages 1154-1160

  Lu, Shasha ^a,b   Zhao, Chen ^a,c   Jiao, Hong ^d   Kere, Juha ^d   Tang, Xin ^c   Zhao, Feng ^a,e   Zhang, Xiumei ^f   Zhao, Kanxing ^c   Larsson, Catharina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e Tianjin Chest and Heart Hospital ^*  (China)

^f The Health School of Jiaozuo   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA A1 CRYSTALLIN; CRYSTALLIN; GUANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; EYE EXAMINATION; FAMILY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LENS; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-CRYSTALLIN A CHAIN; CATARACT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; EXONS; GENE DELETION; GENES, DOMINANT; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 34447534326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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