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Chromosomal sharing in atypical cases of gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy.
Japanese journal of ophthalmology - 1 Sept 2010
Tsujikawa Motokazu, Maeda Naoyuki, Tsujikawa Kaoru, Hori Yuichi, Inoue Tomoyuki, Nishida Kohji
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PURPOSE: To present the phenotypic variability both among and within families in Japanese gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy (GDLD), and to study the genetic background of the variability. METHODS: Four Japanese families who suffer from bilateral corneal amyloidoses were studied by a molecular genetic method. All families included a patient whose clinical features alone could not be used to diagnose GDLD. In...
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