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SUBMITTER: Kondo H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5602728 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr-Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Taiwan journal of ophthalmology 20150401 2
Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) is a hereditary vitreoretinal disorder that can cause various types of retinal detachments. The abnormalities in eyes with FEVR are caused by poor vascularization in the peripheral retina. The genetics of FEVR is highly heterogeneous, and mutations in the genes for Wnt signaling and a transcription factor have been reported to be responsible for FEVR. These factors have been shown to be the regulators of the pathophysiological pathways of retinal vascu ...[more]