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PAX6 mutation in association with ptosis, cataract, iris hypoplasia, corneal opacification and diabetes: a new variant of familial aniridia?
Clinical & experimental ophthalmology - 1 Dec 2013
Peter Neena M, Leyland Martin, Mudhar Hardeep S, Lowndes Jo, Owen Katharine R, Stewart Helen
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BACKGROUND: We report a family with ptosis, cataract, iris hypoplasia and gradual corneal opacification occurring in association with a PAX6 mutation. DESIGN: Case-series. PARTICIPANTS: Fourteen family members - 8 affected, 6 unaffected controls. METHODS: All participants underwent ophthalmological assessment, including best-corrected visual acuity, slit-lamp-examination, pachymetry, endothelial cell-count,...
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