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Analysis of the SALL4 gene in patients with Duane retraction syndrome in a South Indian population.
Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Sept 2011
Arya Lalan Kumar, Kumar Anand B, Shetty Shashikant, Perumalsamy Vijayalakshmi, Sundaresan Periasamy
Abstract excerpt
Duane retraction syndrome (DRS) is a congenital eye movement disorder characterized most typically by partial or complete failure of abduction and narrowing of palpebral fissure with globe retraction on adduction. Recently mutations of the SALL4 gene on chromosome 20 have been linked to DRS associated with radial forearm malformations (Okihiro syndrome). In this prospective, non-interventional study we screened...
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