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Stickler syndrome and the vitreous phenotype: mutations in COL2A1 and COL11A1.
Human mutation - 1 Jun 2010
Richards Allan J, McNinch Annie, Martin Howard, Oakhill Kim, Rai Harjeet, Waller Sarah, Treacy Becky, Whittaker Joanne, Meredith Sarah, Poulson Arabella, Snead Martin P
Abstract excerpt
Stickler syndrome is a dominantly inherited disorder affecting the fibrillar type II/XI collagen molecules expressed in vitreous and cartilage. Mutations have been found in COL2A1, COL11A1 and COL11A2. It has a highly variable phenotype that can include midline clefting, hearing loss, premature osteoarthritis, congenital high myopia and blindness through retinal detachment. Although the systemic phenotype is...
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