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Phenotypic characterization of patients with early-onset high myopia due to mutations in COL2A1 or COL11A1: Why not Stickler syndrome?
Molecular vision - 1 Jan 2018
Zhou Lin, Xiao Xueshan, Li Shiqiang, Jia Xiaoyun, Wang Panfeng, Sun Wenmin, Zhang Fengsheng, Li Jiazhang, Li Tuo, Zhang Qingjiong
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Purpose: Our previous study reported that 5.5% of probands with early-onset high myopia (eoHM) had mutations in COL2A1 or COL11A1. Why were the probands initially considered to have eoHM but not Stickler syndrome (STL)? Methods: Probands and family members with eoHM and mutations in COL2A1 or COL11A1 were followed up and reexamined based on the criteria for STL. Further comprehensive examinations were conducted...
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