Unilateral isolated microphthalmia inherited as an autosomal recessive trait.

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PURPOSE: To report a family with unilateral isolated microphthalmia showing an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance. CASE REPORT: We report a family in which three out of four children, one male and monozygotic female twins, were born with unilateral isolated microphthalmia to healthy consanguineous parents. One twin additionally had a horseshoe kidney. Rare cases of familial isolated...

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