Article
Mutation analysis of VSX1 and SOD1 in Iranian patients with keratoconus.
Molecular vision - 1 Jan 2011
Saee-Rad Samira, Hashemi Hassan, Miraftab Mohammad, Noori-Daloii Mohammad Reza, Chaleshtori Morteza Hashemzadeh, Raoofian Reza, Jafari Fatemeh, Greene Wayne, Fakhraie Ghasem, Rezvan Farhad, Heidari Mansour
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To evaluate mutations in the visual system homeobox gene 1 (VSX1) and superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) genes with keratoconus (KTCN), direct sequencing was performed in an Iranian population. METHODS: One hundred and twelve autosomal dominant KTCN patients and fifty-two unaffected individuals from twenty-six Iranian families, as well as one hundred healthy people as controls were enrolled. Genomic DNA was...
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