Association and chance occurrence of aniridia and retinoblastoma.

doi:10.1016/s0002-9394(14)72571-1

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Association and chance occurrence of aniridia and retinoblastoma.

American journal of ophthalmology - 15 Dec 1994

To K W, Mukai S, Friedman A H

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PURPOSE/METHODS: A 9-month-old infant had inherited aniridia and unilateral retinoblastoma. Family history disclosed three generations of aniridia; yet there were no instances of retinoblastoma. The coincidental occurrence of retinoblastoma and aniridia is rare. RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS: With DNA probes from within the retinoblastoma gene, we were able to determine that a retinoblastoma-predisposing mutation was not...

Topics

Aniridia
Eye Neoplasms
Genes, Retinoblastoma
Humans
Infant
Male
Mutation
Retinoblastoma

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PMID: 7977618
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)72571-1

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