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Confirmation of the association between the TCF4 risk allele and Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy in patients from the Midwestern United States.
Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Stamler John F, Roos Ben R, Wagoner Michael D, Goins Ken M, Kitzmann Anna S, Riley Janet B, Stone Edwin M, Fingert John H
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To determine the role of the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) (rs613872) in the TCF4 gene in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) in patients from Iowa. METHODS: A cohort of 82 patients with FECD and 163 normal control subjects from Iowa were genotyped at the SNP rs613872 using a real-time allelic discrimination assay. RESULTS: The frequencies of the alleles of rs613872 were compared between...
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