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Mapping of a novel locus associated with autosomal recessive congenital cataract to chromosome 8p.
Molecular vision - 30 Dec 2010
Sabir Namerah, Riazuddin S Amer, Kaul Haiba, 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 identify the disease locus for autosomal recessive congenital cataracts in a consanguineous Pakistani family. METHODS: All affected individuals underwent a detailed ophthalmologic examination. Blood samples were collected and genomic DNA was extracted. A genome-wide scan was completed with fluorescently-labeled microsatellite markers on genomic DNA from affected and unaffected family members....
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