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Glaucoma phenotype in a large Chinese family with myocilin Val251Ala mutation.
Genomics - 1 Nov 2020
Lu Hong, Chen Ying, Kong Yanan, Liu Xingxing, Li Na, Zhang Shuqiang, Xu Hui
Abstract excerpt
Family study is an effective way to identify disease-causing mutations (DCMs) and characterize the clinical phenotype of genetic diseases. In this study we recruited a Chinese primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) family spanning six generations and consisting 112 individuals, in which 63 were participated in. Targeted exome sequencing on the proband identified a heterozygous mutation (c.752T>C, p.Val251Ala) in MYOC...
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