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[TGFBI gene mutations in the Ukrainian patients with inherited corneal stromal dystrophies].
Genetika - 1 Oct 2008
Pampukha V N, Kravchenko S A, Tereshchenko F, Drozhzhina G I, Livshits L A
Abstract excerpt
Mutations Arg124Cys, Thr538Arg, Arg555Thr, Arg555Gln, Leu558Pro, and His626Arg in TGFBI gene were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction and restriction in 84 patients with various forms of corneal stromal dystrophies from 49 unrelated families and 29 clinically healthy relatives of these patients. A new mutation in TGFBI gene, Leu558Pro, was identified in the patients with atypical lattice dystrophy. The...
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