"Aniridia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A congenital abnormality in which there is only a rudimentary iris. This is due to the failure of the optic cup to grow. Aniridia also occurs in a hereditary form, usually autosomal dominant.
| Descriptor ID |
D015783
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.250.060 C11.270.060 C11.941.375.060 C16.131.384.079 C16.320.290.078
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| Concept/Terms |
Aniridia- Aniridia
- Irideremia
- Absent Iris
- Congenital Aniridia
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Aniridia" by people in Profiles.
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Missense mutation in the PAX6 gene can cause a complex mild variable phenotype predominated by concomitant strabismus. Ophthalmic Genet. 2022 02; 43(1):88-96.
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A novel de novo intronic variant in ITPR1 causes Gillespie syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2021 08; 185(8):2315-2324.
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Missense mutation at the C-terminus of PAX6 negatively modulates homeodomain function. Hum Mol Genet. 2001 Apr 15; 10(9):911-8.
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Mutation in the PAX6 gene in twenty patients with aniridia. Hum Mutat. 2000; 15(4):332-9.
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Three novel aniridia mutations in the human PAX6 gene. Hum Mutat. 1995; 6(1):44-9.
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Positional cloning and characterization of a paired box- and homeobox-containing gene from the aniridia region. Cell. 1991 Dec 20; 67(6):1059-74.