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Targeted next-generation sequencing analysis identifies novel mutations in families with severe familial exudative vitreoretinopathy.
Molecular vision - 1 Jan 2017
Huang Xiao-Yan, Zhuang Hong, Wu Ji-Hong, Li Jian-Kang, Hu Fang-Yuan, Zheng Yu, Tellier Laurent Christian Asker M, Zhang Sheng-Hai, Gao Feng-Juan, Zhang Jian-Guo, Xu Ge-Zhi
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PURPOSE: Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) is a genetically and clinically heterogeneous disease, characterized by failure of vascular development of the peripheral retina. The symptoms of FEVR vary widely among patients in the same family, and even between the two eyes of a given patient. This study was designed to identify the genetic defect in a patient cohort of ten Chinese families with a...
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