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Fine mapping of the Schnyder's crystalline corneal dystrophy locus.
Human genetics - 1 May 2004
Theendakara Veena, Tromp Gerard, Kuivaniemi Helena, White Peter S, Panchal Seema, Cox Jennifer, Winters R Scott, Riebeling Petra, Tost Frank, Hoeltzenbein Maria, Tervo Timo M, Henn Wolfram, Denniger Elke, Krause Matthias, Koksal Murat, Kargi Sebnem, Ugurbas Suat H, Latvala Terho, Shearman Amanda M, Weiss Jayne S
Abstract excerpt
Schnyder's crystalline corneal dystrophy (SCCD) is a rare autosomal dominant eye disease with a spectrum of clinical manifestations that may include bilateral corneal clouding, arcus lipoides, and anterior corneal crystalline cholesterol deposition. We have previously performed a genome-wide linkage analysis on two large Swede-Finn families and mapped the SCCD locus to a 16-cM interval between markers D1S2633 and...
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