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Identification of two novel mutations in the cornea-specific TGFBI gene causing unique phenotypes in patients with corneal dystrophies.
International ophthalmology - 1 Dec 2016
Foja Sabine, Hoffmann Katrin, Auw-Haedrich Claudia, Reinhard Thomas, Rupprecht Andreas, Gruenauer-Kloevekorn Claudia
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to report on two novel missense mutations of the cornea-specific TGFBI gene in one single patient and in two generations of a family diagnosed with unique corneal dystrophy (CD) phenotypes. Ophthalmologic examination, in several cases ocular coherence tomography of the anterior segment (AS-OCT), was performed in 21 affected patients and in two unaffected members of one affected...
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