Mutational screening of six genes in Chinese patients with congenital cataract and microcornea

Molecular Vision

Volumn 17, Issue , 2011, Pages 1508-1513

  Sun, Wenmin ^a   Xiao, Xueshan ^a   Li, Shiqiang ^a   Guo, Xiangming ^a   Zhang, Qingjiong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; ARGININE; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CRYSTALLIN BETA A4; CRYSTALLIN BETA B1; CRYSTALLIN GAMMA C; CRYSTALLIN GAMMA D; CYSTEINE; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN ALPHA 8; GLYCINE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CRYSTALLIN ALPHA A GENE; CRYSTALLIN BETA A4 GENE; CRYSTALLIN BETA B1 GENE; CRYSTALLIN GAMMA C GENE; CRYSTALLIN GAMMA D GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN ALPHA 8 GENE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCORNEA; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AXIAL LENGTH, EYE; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNEXINS; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CRYSTALLINS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYOPIA; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79958852708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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