A Chinese family with progressive childhood cataracts and IVS3+IG>A CRYBA3/A1 mutations

Molecular Vision

Volumn 16, Issue , 2010, Pages 2347-2353

  Zhu, Yanan ^a   Shentu, Xingchao ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Li, Jinyu ^a   Jin, Chongfei ^a   Yao, Ke ^a  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; ALPHA CRYSTALLIN A1; ALPHA CRYSTALLIN A3; GLYCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CATARACTOGENESIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA SEQUENCE; EYE EXAMINATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-CRYSTALLIN A CHAIN; CATARACT; CHILD; CHINA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; RNA SPLICE SITES;

EID: 78149480333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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