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Clinical and molecular aspects of aniridia.
Clinical genetics - 1 May 2010
Kokotas H, Petersen M B
Abstract excerpt
Aniridia is a severe, congenital ocular malformation inherited in an autosomal-dominant fashion with high penetrance and variable expression. Eye morphogenesis in humans involves a molecular genetic cascade in which a number of developmental genes interact in a highly organized process during the embryonic period to produce functional ocular structures. Among these genes, paired box gene 6 (PAX6) has an essential...
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