Ocular manifestations in oculodentodigital dysplasia resulting from a heterozygous missense mutation (L113P) in GJA1 (connexin 43)

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 549-555

  Musa, F U ^a   Ratajczak, P ^b,c   Sahu, J ^b,c   Pentlicky, S ^b,c   Fryer, A ^d   Richard, G ^b,c   Willoughby, C E ^e  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GENEDX   (United States)

^d ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetics; Glaucoma; Oculodentodigital dysplasia

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; NUCLEOTIDE; GJA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

A SCAN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA EXTRACTION; ECHOGRAPHY; EPICANTHUS; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCORNEA; MISSENSE MUTATION; OCULODENTODIGITAL SYNDROME; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHENOTYPE; SLIT LAMP; TONOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; EYE MALFORMATION; FACIES; FINGER; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; PROCEDURES; SYNDACTYLY; SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CONNEXIN 43; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FACIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; SYNDACTYLY; SYNDROME;

EID: 62549166614     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.77     Document Type: Article

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