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Clinical phenotype of posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy in a family with a novel ZEB1 mutation.
Acta ophthalmologica - 1 Sept 2010
Nguyen Dan Q, Hosseini Mohsen, Billingsley Gail, Héon Elise, Churchill Amanda J
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PURPOSE: To describe the clinical phenotype in a family with posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy (PPCD) and a novel mutation in the ZEB1 gene. METHODS: Clinical examination, anterior segment photography, specular microscopy and electrophysiological investigations were performed and quantified. Genomic DNA extracted from peripheral blood was sequenced for ZEB1 exons. Cosegregation of identified mutation with...
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