CTG18.1 Expansion is the Best Classifier of Late-Onset Fuchs' Corneal Dystrophy Among 10 Biomarkers in a Cohort From the European Part of Russia
Author(s) -
Lyubov Skorodumova,
A. V. Belodedova,
O. P. Antonova,
Elena I. Sharova,
Tatiana A. Akopian,
Oksana V. Selezneva,
Elena Kostryukova,
Boris Malyugin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.18-24590
Subject(s) - trinucleotide repeat expansion , sanger sequencing , allele , cohort , genetics , corneal dystrophy , biology , genotype , snp , single nucleotide polymorphism , medicine , dna sequencing , gene , ophthalmology , cornea
To assess the occurrence and diagnostic performance of nine single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) in the TCF4, SLC4A11, LOXHD1, and AGBL1 genes and the CTG18.1 trinucleotide repeat expansion in a Russian cohort of Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) patients.
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