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Genetic analysis of patients with Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy in India.
BMC ophthalmology - 10 Feb 2010
Hemadevi Boomiraj, Srinivasan Muthiah, Arunkumar Jambulingam, Prajna Namperumalsamy V, Sundaresan Periasamy
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BACKGROUND: Mutations in COL8A2 gene which encodes the collagen alpha-2 (VIII) chain have been identified in both familial and sporadic cases of Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD). Heterozygous mutations in the SLC4A11 gene are also known to cause late-onset FECD. Therefore we screened fo...
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