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Evidence for additional FREM1 heterogeneity in Manitoba oculotrichoanal syndrome.
Molecular vision - 1 Jan 2012
Mateo Robertino Karlo, Johnson Royce, Lehmann Ordan J
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Manitoba Oculotrichoanal (MOTA) syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder present in First Nations families that is characterized by ocular (cryptophthalmos), facial, and genital anomalies. At the commencement of this study, its genetic basis was undefined. METHODS: Homozygosity analysis was employed to map the causative locus using DNA samples from four probands of Cree ancestry. After single...
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