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Identification of STRA6 and SKI sequence variants in patients with anophthalmia/microphthalmia.
Molecular vision - 1 Jan 2008
White Tristan, Lu Tianyi, Metlapally Ravikanth, Katowitz James, Kherani Femida, Wang Tian-Yuan, Tran-Viet Khanh-Nhat, Young Terri L
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Anophthalmia and microphthalmia (A/M) are rare congenital ocular malformations presenting with the absence of eye components or small eyes with or without structural abnormalities. A/M can be isolated or syndromic. The stimulated by retinoic acid gene 6 (STRA6) and Sloan-Kettering viral oncogene homolog (SKI) genes are involved in vitamin A metabolism, and are implicated with A/M developmental...
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