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Mutation in the SLC4A11 gene associated with autosomal recessive congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy in a large Saudi family.
Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Mar 2008
Shah Shaival S, Al-Rajhi Ali, Brandt James D, Mannis Mark J, Roos Ben, Sheffield Val C, Syed Nasreen A, Stone Edwin M, Fingert John H
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the role of the SLC4A11 gene in two pedigrees affected with autosomal recessive congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy (CHED). METHODS: Nine members of a pedigree from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (pedigree 971G) and 2 twins in a pedigree from Bosnia (pedigree GGO413) were diagnosed with autosomal recessive CHED and contributed DNA samples for genetic studies. The proband of each...
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