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Atypical asymmetric lattice corneal dystrophy associated with a novel homozygous mutation (Val624Met) in the TGFBI gene.
Molecular vision - 12 Mar 2008
Afshari Natalie A, Bahadur Rosanna P, Eifrig David E, Thogersen Ida B, Enghild Jan J, Klintworth Gordon K
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To evaluate the TGFBI gene and the encoded transforming growth factor beta-induced protein (TGFBIp) in a 47-year-old African-American patient with an unusual atypical asymmetric lattice corneal dystrophy (LCD). METHODS: The eyes of the proband and his brother were examined by slit-lamp biomicroscopy and their clinical records were reviewed. All 17 exons of TGFBI were evaluated in genomic DNA extracted...
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