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Spectrum of candidate gene mutations associated with Indian familial oculocutaneous and ocular albinism.
Molecular vision - 9 Aug 2010
Renugadevi Kathirvel, Sil Asim Kumar, Perumalsamy Vijayalakshmi, Sundaresan Periasamy
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PURPOSE: Albinism is a group of genetic disorders, showing a broad spectrum of different phenotypes. The purpose of this study was to screen known candidate genes for oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) and ocular albinism (OA) mutations in Indian patients. METHODS: Blood samples were collected from 23 probands and 13 affected family members from 23 genetically unrelated Indian families (22 diagnosed as OCA and 1...
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