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A novel human CRYGD mutation in a juvenile autosomal dominant cataract.
Molecular vision - 22 May 2010
Roshan Mascarenhas, Vijaya Pai H, Lavanya G Rao, Shama Prasada K, Santhiya S T, Graw Jochen, Gopinath P M, Satyamoorthy K
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PURPOSE: Identification of causal mutation in the crystallin, connexin, and paired box gene 6 (PAX6) genes associated with childhood cataract in patients from India. METHODS: In this study, forty eight members from seventeen families and 148 sporadic cases of childhood cataract were evaluated. Clinical and ophthalmologic examinations were performed on available affected and unaffected family members. Samples of...
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