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Identification of the genetic defect in the original Wagner syndrome family.
Molecular vision - 17 Apr 2006
Kloeckener-Gruissem Barbara, Bartholdi Deborah, Abdou Marie-Therese, Zimmermann Dieter R, Berger Wolfgang
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The aim of the present study was to determine the genetic defect in Wagner syndrome, a rare disorder belonging to the group of hereditary vitreoretinal degenerations. This disease has been genetically mapped to chromosome 5q14.3. METHODS: Molecular analysis was performed in the progeny of the original pedigree described by Wagner in 1938. We searched for pathogenic mutations and their effects in two...
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