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High myopia and congenital myopathy with partial pachygyria in cutis laxa syndrome.
European journal of ophthalmology - 1 Jan 2000
Morava E, Willemsen M A, Wopereis S, Ter Laak H, Lefeber D, Wevers R A, Cruysberg J R M
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Several types of inborn errors of the O-glycan biosynthesis are known, leading to clinically very distinct phenotypes. Children with O-mannosyl glycan biosynthesis defects commonly present as a severe form of congenital muscular dystrophy with decreased alpha-dystroglycan staining, congenital eye anomalies, and brain migration defects. Alpha-dystroglycan is an O-mannosylated glycoprotein with additional...
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