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A clinically variant fibrosis syndrome in a Turkish family maps to the CFEOM1 locus on chromosome 12.
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) - 1 Aug 2000
Sener E C, Lee B A, Turgut B, Akarsu A N, Engle E C
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OBJECTIVES: To describe the phenotype of a Turkish family with variably expressed congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles (CFEOM), and to determine the genetic location of their disorder. METHODS: Participants were examined and had blood extracted for genetic analysis. The clinical features of the family's disorder were studied, and the disorder was tested for linkage to the 3 known CFEOM loci (CFEOM1,...
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