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A novel splice site mutation in the COL4A5 gene in a Chinese female patient with rare ocular abnormalities.
Molecular vision - 1 Jan 2012
Zhao Chan, Wang Fang, Zhang Yanqin, Wen Yubing, Su Ying, Zhang Chengfen, Sui Ruifang, Xu Fei, Ding Jie, Dong Fangtian
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To describe an unusual ocular phenotype in a Chinese female patient with X-linked Alport syndrome (XLAS), and to characterize the type IV collagen alpha 5 (COL4A5) gene mutation in the patient and her son. METHODS: Detailed ophthalmologic examinations and optical coherence tomography were performed in the patient and her family members. For gene analysis of COL4A5, the entire coding region of COL4A5 mRNA...
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