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A gene causing autosomal recessive cataract maps to the short arm of chromosome 3.
The Israel Medical Association journal : IMAJ - 1 Aug 2001
Pras E, Pras E, Bakhan T, Levy-Nissenbaum E, Lahat H, Assia E I, Garzozi H J, Kastner D L, Goldman B, Frydman M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Fourteen loci have been associated with autosomal dominant cataract, but only one with the recessive form of the disease. OBJECTIVES: To find the chromosomal location of a gene causing autosomal recessive cataract in three inbred Arab families. METHODS: A single nucleotide polymorphism-based genome-wide search, with the Effvmetrix GeneChip HuSNP genotyping array, was performed on a pooled DNA sample...
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