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SUBMITTER: Xie AR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3340809 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xie Ai-Rui AR Cai Su-Ping SP Yang Yin Y Fan Yin-Chuan YC Yu Wen-Han WH Guo Li-Heng LH Yang Qiao-Na QN Zhu Jin J Liu Xu-Yang XY
International journal of ophthalmology 20110618 3
<h4>Aim</h4>To analyze phenotype and genotype of a Chinese pedigree with Avellino corneal dystrophy (ACD).<h4>Methods</h4>Complete ophthalmic examinations were performed on all the family members. Exons of TGFBI were amplified by polymerase chain reaction, sequenced, and compared with a reference database.<h4>Results</h4>A single heterozygous G>A (R124H) point mutation was identified in exon 4 of TGFBI in three affected members and two unaffected children who were offsprings of the affected memb ...[more]