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Gamma-S crystallin gene (CRYGS) mutation causes dominant progressive cortical cataract in humans.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Sept 2005
Sun H, Ma Z, Li Y, Liu B, Li Z, Ding X, Gao Y, Ma W, Tang X, Li X, Shen Y
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BACKGROUND: Congenital or childhood cataract is clinically and genetically a highly heterogeneous lens disorder in children. Autosomal dominant inheritance is most common. OBJECTIVE: To report the identification of a mutation in the human CRYGS gene. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A large six generation family affected by progressive polymorphic cortical cataract was investigated. After excluding loci for known cataract...
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