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CRB1 gene mutations are associated with keratoconus in patients with leber congenital amaurosis.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Jul 2009
McMahon Timothy T, Kim Linda S, Fishman Gerald A, Stone Edwin M, Zhao Xinping C, Yee Richard W, Malicki Jarema
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To present an association of mutations in the CRB1 gene with keratoconus in patients with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA). METHODS: Sixteen patients with genotyped LCA (having the CRB1, CRX, RetGC, RPE65, and AIPL1 mutations) were recruited from one ophthalmology practice and examined for the presence of keratoconus. Corneal topography, visual acuity, and slit lamp biomicroscopic examination were...
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