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Clinical and genetic profile of Avellino corneal dystrophy in 2 families from north India.
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) - 1 Oct 2009
Paliwal Preeti, Gupta Jaya, Tandon Radhika, Sharma Arundhati, Vajpayee Rasik B
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OBJECTIVE: To report Avellino corneal dystrophy and underlying R124H mutation in 2 families of Indian origin. METHODS: Peripheral blood was collected in EDTA for genomic DNA isolation from leukocytes of all affected and unaffected individuals. Amplification of transforming growth factor beta-induced gene (TGFBI) using polymerase chain reaction followed by direct sequencing was carried out to determine the...
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