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Mutations in LOXHD1, a recessive-deafness locus, cause dominant late-onset Fuchs corneal dystrophy.
American journal of human genetics - 9 Mar 2012
Riazuddin S Amer, Parker David S, McGlumphy Elyse J, Oh Edwin C, Iliff Benjamin W, Schmedt Thore, Jurkunas Ula, Schleif Robert, Katsanis Nicholas, Gottsch John D
Abstract excerpt
Fuchs corneal dystrophy (FCD) is a genetic disorder of the corneal endothelium and is the most common cause of corneal transplantation in the United States. Previously, we mapped a late-onset FCD locus, FCD2, on chromosome 18q. Here, we present next-generation sequencing of all coding exons in th...
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