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Molecular characteristics of inherited congenital cataracts.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Huang Bingyu, He Weigong
Abstract excerpt
Congenital cataracts are a major cause of induced blindness in children, and inherited cataracts are the major cause of congenital cataracts. Inherited congenital cataracts have been associated with mutations in specific genes, including those of crystallins, gap junction proteins, membrane transport and channel proteins, the cytoskeleton, and growth and transcription factors. Locating and identifying the genes...
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