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[Molecular genetic and histopathological examinations for genotype-phenotype analysis in patients with TGFBI-linked corneal dystrophy].
Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde - 1 Oct 2006
Grünauer-Kloevekorn C, Braeutigam S, Weidle E, Wolter-Roessler M, Tost F, Auw-Haedrich C, Völcker H E, Heinritz W, Froster U, Duncker G
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Different missense mutations in the TGFBI gene cause granular (Groenouw CDGG1, Avellino CDA, Reis-Bücklers CDB1) and lattice (Type I; Biber-Haab-Dimmer; CDL1) corneal dystrophies and, in some reports, corneal dystrophy Thiel-Behnke (CDB2). We report on the mutation spectrum and the genotype-phenotype correlations on the basis of clinical and histopathological examinations of 13 German families with...
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