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Novel frizzled-4 gene mutations in chinese patients with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy.
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) - 1 Oct 2010
Jia Li-Yun, Li Xiao-Xin, Yu Wen-Zhen, Zeng Wo-tan, Liang Chen
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OBJECTIVES: To search for mutations in the Frizzled-4 gene (FZD4) in Chinese patients with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) and to delineate the mutation-associated clinical features. METHODS: Forty-eight Chinese patients with FEVR and 100 unrelated control subjects were recruited and had complete ophthalmic examinations performed. The coding regions of FZD4 were screened for mutations by polymerase...
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