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Recessive mutations in LEPREL1 underlie a recognizable lens subluxation phenotype.
Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Mar 2015
Khan Arif O, Aldahmesh Mohammed A, Alsharif Hadeel, Alkuraya Fowzan S
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To uncover the homozygous recessive gene mutation underlying familial lens subluxation and/or juvenile lens opacities in four sisters from a consanguineous family. METHODS: Prospective family study (clinical phenotyping; homozygosity-analysis-guided candidate gene testing). RESULTS: The proband was a 14-year-old girl with long-standing poor vision, bilateral temporal lens subluxation, lens opacities, and...
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