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Autosomal-dominant cerulean cataract in a chinese family associated with gene conversion mutation in beta-B2-crystallin.
Ophthalmic research - 1 Jan 2009
Wang Li, Lin Hui, Gu Jingzhi, Su Hong, Huang Shangzhi, Qi Yanhua
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AIMS: Our purpose was to identify the genetic defect in a Chinese cerulean cataract family. METHODS: After obtaining informed consent, genomic DNA was extracted from leukocytes. Genotyping and 2-point linkage analysis were carried out using the MLINK component of the LINKAGE program package version 5.10. Mutational analysis of the candidate gene was performed by bidirectional sequencing. The structure homology...
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