The human PAX6 gene is mutated in two patients with aniridia.

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Published in Nat Genet on August 01, 1992

Authors

T Jordan1, I Hanson, D Zaletayev, S Hodgson, J Prosser, A Seawright, N Hastie, V van Heyningen

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1: MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.

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