Article
Mutation of the FOXC2 gene in familial distichiasis.
Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus - 1 Oct 2003
Brooks Brian P, Dagenais Susan L, Nelson Christine C, Glynn Michael W, Caulder Mark S, Downs Catherine A, Glover Thomas W
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine the FOXC2 gene in a family with hereditary distichiasis. BACKGROUND: Distichiasis, ie, a second row of eyelashes arising from the meibomian glands of the eyelids, can be inherited either alone (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man [OMIM] no. 126300) or, more commonly, as part of the lymphedema-distichiasis (LD) syndrome (OMIM no. 153400). More than 45 families with mutations in the FOXC2 gene...
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