Deletion mapping of Aland Island eye disease to Xp21 between DXS67 (B24) and Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

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Deletion mapping of Aland Island eye disease to Xp21 between DXS67 (B24) and Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

American journal of human genetics - 1 Nov 1990

Pillers D A, Towbin J A, Chamberlain J S, Wu D, Ranier J, Powell B R, McCabe E R

Abstract excerpt

Aland Island Eye Disease (AIED) is an X-linked form of ocular hypopigmentation--also known as Forsius-Eriksson, or type 2, ocular albinism--in which affected males demonstrate subnormal visual acuity, protanomalous red-green colorblindness, axial myopia, astigmatism, hypoplasia of the fovea, and...

Topics

Albinism, Ocular
Chromosome Deletion
Chromosome Mapping
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21
DNA Probes
Humans
Muscular Dystrophies
Mutation
Polymerase Chain Reaction

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