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Novel mutations of FOXC1 and PITX2 in patients with Axenfeld-Rieger malformations.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Sept 2006
Weisschuh Nicole, Dressler Paul, Schuettauf Frank, Wolf Christiane, Wissinger Bernd, Gramer Eugen
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PURPOSE: To determine the prevalence of FOXC1 and PITX2 mutations and to assess clinical phenotypes in a cohort of German patients with Axenfeld-Rieger malformations. METHODS: All coding exons of the FOXC1 and PITX2 genes were amplified by PCR from genomic DNA and subjected to direct DNA sequencing. Analysis of mutations in control subjects was performed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)...
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