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Reduced human and murine corneal thickness in an Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome subtype.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Nov 2006
Asai-Coakwell Mika, Backhouse Christopher, Casey Ronald J, Gage Philip J, Lehmann Ordan J
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PURPOSE: Axenfeld-Rieger malformations of the anterior segment are clinically heterogeneous, and up to 50% of cases are attributable to PITX2 or FOXC1 mutation. In view of PITX2's contribution to corneal development and the altered CCT in some FOXC1-related cases, this study was undertaken to investigate whether a related phenotype is associated with the PITX2/Pitx2 mutation. METHODS: Central corneal thickness...
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