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[Molecular genetic study of the PAX6 gene in aniridia patients].
Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft - 1 Dec 1998
Wolf M, Zabel B, Lorenz B, Blankenagel A, Ghorbani M B, Schwenn O, Wildhardt G
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Aniridia represents a congenital ocular disorder with partial or complete iris hypoplasia. The disorder is associated with poor vision, glaucoma, corneal and lenticular opacities, ectopia lentis due to abnormal zonula fibers, as well as optic nerve and macular abnormalities. Aniridia may present as either hereditary or sporadic cases. Some of the sporadic cases develop Wilms' tumor, frequently as...
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