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[The mutation study of the FOXL2 gene in a big Chinese family with blepharophimosis-ptosis-epicanthus inversus syndrome].
Zhonghua zheng xing wai ke za zhi = Zhonghua zhengxing waike zazhi = Chinese journal of plastic surgery - 1 Jan 2007
Tang Sheng-jian, Wang Xiao-ke, Wang Yan-li, Lin Li-xin, Sun Yan
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OBJECTIVE: We have studied 4 generations 12 patients in a family which has blepharophimosis-ptosis-epicanthus-inversus syndrome (BPES) for the gene, FOXL2, the group also have 12 normal members in this family and other 80 normal individuals for contrast. METHODS: The FOXL2 gene was amplified by polymerase chain reaction and then analyzed by direct genomic sequencing. RESULTS: A 892C > T at nucleotides in FOXL2...
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