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Triple A or Allgrove syndrome. A case report with ophthalmic abnormalities and a novel mutation in the AAAS gene.
Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Mar 2009
Villanueva-Mendoza Cristina, artínez-Guzmán Oswaldo, Rivera-Parra David, Zenteno Juan Carlos
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PURPOSE: Triple A syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by achalasia, alacrima, adrenocorticotrophic hormone resistant adrenal failure and some neurologic abnormalities. We report a nine year old patient with alacrima, optic atrophy and achalasia with mutation in the AAAS gene. METHODS: PCR amplification of the complete coding sequence as well as the exon-intron junctions of AAAS gene was...
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