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Novel visual system homeobox 1 gene mutations in Turkish patients with keratoconus.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 3 Nov 2016
Bardak H, Gunay M, Yildiz E, Bardak Y, Gunay B, Ozbas H, Bagci O
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to screen the visual system homeobox 1 (VSX1) gene in Turkish patients with keratoconus (KC). The patient group consisted of 44 patients who had undergone corneal transplant surgery before the age of 30, for advanced and rapidly progressive KC. The control group comprised 250 healthy individuals. We detected two missense mutations, D144N and D295Y, in exon 2 and exon 5 of the VSX1 gene,...
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