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Epidemiology of anophthalmia and microphthalmia: Prevalence and patterns in Texas, 1999-2009.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Sept 2018
Chambers Tiffany M, Agopian A J, Lewis Richard A, Langlois Peter H, Danysh Heather E, Weber Kari A, Shaw Gary M, Mitchell Laura E, Lupo Philip J
Abstract excerpt
Anophthalmia and microphthalmia are a set of rare, yet severe, birth defects considered to be part of a spectrum of developmental ocular malformations ranging from smaller than average to completely absent eyes. Despite their clinical significance, little is known about the etiologies of these conditions. The goal of this study was to expand our understanding of the epidemiology of anophthalmia and...
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