Genetic heterogeneity for recessively inherited congenital cataract microcornea with corneal opacity

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4294-4299

  Khan, Kamron ^a,b   Al Maskari, Ahmed ^a,b   McKibbin, Martin ^a,b   Carr, Ian M ^a   Booth, Adam ^a,c   Mohamed, Moin ^a,d   Siddiqui, Salina ^a,b   Poulter, James A ^a   Parry, David A ^a   Logan, Clara V ^a   Hashmi, Anwar ^e   Sahi, Tehseen ^e   Jafri, Hussain ^e   Raashid, Yasmin ^f   Johnson, Colin A ^a   Markham, Alex F ^a   Toomes, Carmel ^a   Rice, Aine ^a,b   Sheridan, Eamonn ^a   Inglehearn, Chris F ^a   Ali, Manir ^a   more..

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f Gene Tech Lab 146/1   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 2; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CORNEA OPACITY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADOLESCENT; CATARACT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE;

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; CATARACT; CHILD; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL OPACITY; DNA; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PEDIGREE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 80052385823     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6776     Document Type: Article

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