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Molecular and developmental mechanisms of anterior segment dysgenesis.
Eye (London, England) - 1 Oct 2007
Sowden J C
Abstract excerpt
Anterior segment dysgenesis (ASD) is a failure of the normal development of the tissues of the anterior segment of the eye. It leads to anomalies in the structure of the mature anterior segment, associated with an increased risk of glaucoma and corneal opacity. Several different gene mutations have been identified underlying these anomalies with the majority of ASD genes encoding transcriptional regulators. In...
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