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Linkage of posterior amorphous corneal dystrophy to chromosome 12q21.33 and exclusion of coding region mutations in KERA, LUM, DCN, and EPYC.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Aug 2010
Aldave Anthony J, Rosenwasser George O D, Yellore Vivek S, Papp Jeanette C, Sobel Eric M, Pham Michele N, Chen Michael C, Dandekar Sugandha, Sripracha Ram, Rayner Sylvia A, Sassani Joseph W, Gorin Michael B
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To identify the genetic basis of posterior amorphous corneal dystrophy (PACD) segregating in a large pedigree. METHODS: The authors performed clinical evaluation of a previously unreported pedigree with PACD, light and electron microscopic examination of an excised corneal button, genomewide linkage analysis, fine mapping linkage and haplotype analysis, and screening of four candidate genes (KERA, LUM,...
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