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A Novel Potentially Causative Variant of NDUFAF7 Revealed by Mutation Screening in a Chinese Family With Pathologic Myopia.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Aug 2017
Wang Baojiang, Liu Yongli, Chen Shiguo, Wu Yunmiao, Lin Sheng, Duan Yongheng, Zheng Kaifeng, Zhang Linghua, Gu Xueying, Hong Wenxu, Shao Hao, Zeng Xuchun, Sun Bi, Duan Shan
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Purpose: Pathologic myopia described as myopia accompanied by severe deformation of the eye besides excessive elongation of eye, is usually a genetic heterogeneous disorder characterized by extreme, familial, early-onset vision loss. However, the exact pathogenesis of pathologic myopia remains unclear. In this study, we screened a Han Chinese family with pathologic myopia to identify the causative mutation and...
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