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Non-syndromic anophthalmia/microphthalmia can be caused by a PORCN variant inherited in X-linked recessive manner.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jan 2021
Wawrocka Anna, Walczak-Sztulpa Joanna, Pawlak Marta, Gotz-Wieckowska Anna, Krawczynski Maciej R
Abstract excerpt
Anophthalmia and microphthalmia (A/M) represent severe developmental ocular malformations, corresponding, respectively, to absent eyeball or reduced size of the eye. Both anophthalmia and microphthalmia may occur in isolation or as part of a syndrome. Genetic heterogeneity has been demonstrated, and many genes have been reported to be associated with A/M. The advances in high-throughput sequencing have proven...
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