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Congenital cataract and macular hypoplasia in humans associated with a de novo mutation in CRYAA and compound heterozygous mutations in P.
Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie - 1 Aug 2006
Graw Jochen, Klopp Norman, Illig Thomas, Preising Markus N, Lorenz Birgit
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BACKGROUND: An isolated form of congenital cataract associated with macular hypoplasia and a generally hypopigmented fundus in infancy was observed in a German family. To test the hypothesis that a de-novo mutation had occurred in one of the parental germ lines, a functional candidate gene approach was applied. METHODS: The family was carefully examined by a senior paediatric ophthalmologist according to routine...
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