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Recurrent mutation in the crystallin alpha A gene associated with inherited paediatric cataract.
BMC research notes - 11 Feb 2016
Javadiyan Shari, Craig Jamie E, Souzeau Emmanuelle, Sharma Shiwani, Lower Karen M, Pater John, Casey Theresa, Hodson Trevor, Burdon Kathryn P
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BACKGROUND: Cataract is a major cause of childhood blindness worldwide. The purpose of this study was to determine the genetic cause of paediatric cataract in a South Australian family with a bilateral lamellar paediatric cataract displaying variable phenotypes. CASE PRESENTATION: Fifty-one genes implicated in congenital cataract in human or mouse were sequenced in an affected individual from an Australian...
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