This is a report on the nature of the mutations in the PAX6 gene in twenty patients with aniridia. Five of the twenty patients had sporadic aniridia with deletions in chromosome 11p13. Three of the five had WAGR syndrome (Wilms tumor, aniridia, genitourinary anomalies, mental retardation), and the o
Trp156Ter mutation in the PAX6 gene in a family with aniridia
โ Scribed by Amanda J. Churchill; Rashida Anwar; Adam P. Booth; Richard Axton; Alex F. Markham
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 109 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1059-7794
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