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Isolated foveal hypoplasia: report of a new case and detailed genetic investigation.
International ophthalmology - 1 Apr 2011
Al-Saleh Ahmed A, Hellani Ali, Abu-Amero Khaled K
Abstract excerpt
To carry out an ophthalmological and detailed genetic investigation on a 7-year-old boy with isolated foveal hypoplasia. A full ophthalmological examination and optical coherence tomography (OCT) was performed. We also performed a full genome screen for chromosomal abnormalities, and searched for mutations in two genes (GPR143 and OCA2) known to be associated with ocular albinism and PAX6 gene known to be...
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