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A novel locus of coralliform cataract mapped to chromosome 2p24-pter.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2005
Gao Linghan, Qin Wei, Cui Hao, Feng Guoyin, Liu Ping, Gao Weiqi, Ma Lin, Li Pu, He Lin, Fu Songbin
Abstract excerpt
Congenital cataract is a common major abnormality of the eye, which can result in significant visual impairment or blindness in childhood. In this work, we studied four generations of a Chinese family that exhibited autosomal dominant coralliform cataract but no other ocular or systemic abnormalities. Members of the family were firstly genotyped with microsatellite markers at loci associated with congenital...
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