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Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
congenital anomalies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
eISSN - 1741-4520
pISSN - 0914-3505
DOI - 10.1111/cga.12297
Subject(s) - dysgenesis , pax6 , affect (linguistics) , medicine , psychology , biology , anatomy , genetics , gene , communication , transcription factor
Anterior segment dysgenesis (ASDG) includes heterogeneous disorders, which primarily affect the anterior segment of the eye. PITX3, FOXE3, FOXC1, PITX2 , and PAX6 are representative causal genes for ASDG types 1 to 5, respectively. Further details can be seen in the Invited Review Article by Ohuchi et al. in this issue.