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Genetic screen of African Americans with Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy.
Molecular vision - 1 Jan 2013
Minear Mollie A, Li Yi-Ju, Rimmler Jacqueline, Balajonda Elmer, Watson Shera, Allingham R Rand, Hauser Michael A, Klintworth Gordon K, Afshari Natalie A, Gregory Simon G
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PURPOSE: Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder that has been primarily studied in patients of European or Asian ancestry. Given the sparse literature on African Americans with FECD, we sought to characterize the genetic variation in three known FECD candidate genes in African American patients with FECD. METHODS: Over an 8-year period, we enrolled 47 African American...
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