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Molecular analysis of Korean patients with oculocutaneous albinism.
Japanese journal of ophthalmology - 1 Jan 2012
Park Shin Hae, Chae Hyojin, Kim Yonggoo, Kim Myungshin
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To perform molecular analysis of five Korean patients with oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) and review the clinical and genetic characteristics of 21 Korean OCA patients. METHODS: TYR, OCA2 and SLC45A2 were analyzed by direct DNA sequencing in five unrelated OCA patients who received thorough ophthalmic evaluation. RESULTS: We identified three different TYR mutations in three patients (c.929dupC, R278X, and...
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