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Mapping of a novel type III variant of Knobloch syndrome (KNO3) to chromosome 17q11.2.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Dec 2007
Khaliq Shagufta, Abid Aiysha, White Dominick R A, Johnson Colin A, Ismail Muhammad, Khan Ayesha, Ayub Qasim, Sultana Salma, Maher Eamonn R, Mehdi Syed Qasim
Abstract excerpt
Knobloch syndrome (KNO) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by ocular abnormalities (myopia and retinal detachment) and occipital encephalocele. The syndrome is clinically and genetically heterogeneous (KNO1, KNO2). Previously germline mutations in COL18A1 (21q22.3) were detected in some families, but in other kindreds linkage to COL18A1 was excluded. We ascertained a large consanguineous family with...
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