R555W mutation of TGFβI related to granular corneal dystrophy in Chinese patients

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 2691-2694

  Hu, Lei ^a,b   Xu, Fei ^a   Ma, Wei Jian ^b   Zhang, Hua ^c   Sui, Rui Fang ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG FIRST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Granular corneal dystrophy; Mutation screening; TGF I gene

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE; GRANULAR CORNEA DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TGFBETA1 GENE; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION;

ADULT; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 73449099924     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.22.003     Document Type: Article

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