Association and familial segregation of CTG18.1 trinucleotide repeat expansion of TCF4 gene in fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-42

  Mootha, V Vinod ^a,b   Gong, Xin ^a   Ku, Hung Chih ^b   Xing, Chao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuchs' dystrophy; Genetics; TCF4

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTG REPEAT; FEMALE; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 84891657736     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12611     Document Type: Article

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