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Mapping of a new locus associated with autosomal recessive congenital cataract to chromosome 3q.
Molecular vision - 8 Dec 2010
Sabir Namerah, Riazuddin S Amer, Butt Tariq, Iqbal Farheena, Nasir Idrees A, Zafar Ahmad U, Qazi Zaheeruddin A, Butt Nadeem H, Khan Shaheen N, Husnain Tayyab, Hejtmancik J Fielding, Riazuddin Sheikh
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PURPOSE: To localize the disease interval for autosomal recessive congenital cataracts in a consanguineous Pakistani family. METHODS: All affected individuals underwent detailed ophthalmologic examination. Blood samples were collected and genomic DNA was extracted. A genome-wide scan was performed with fluorescently-labeled microsatellite markers on genomic DNA from affected and unaffected family members and...
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