Homozygosity mapping of a gene responsible for gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy to chromosome 1p

  • Motokazu Tsujikawa
  • , Hiroki Kurahashi
  • , Toshihiro Tanaka
  • , Masaki Okada
  • , Syuji Yamamoto
  • , Naoyuki Maeda
  • , Hitoshi Watanabe
  • , Yoshitsugu Inoue
  • , Akira Kiridoshi
  • , Kouki Matsumoto
  • , Yuichi Ohashi
  • , Shigeru Kinoshita
  • , Yoshikazu Shimomura
  • , Yusuke Nakamura
  • , Yasuo Tano

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Abstract

Gelatinous droplike corneal dystrophy (GDLD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized clinically by grayish corneal deposits of amyloid and by severely impaired visual acuity. Most patients require corneal transplantation. To localize a gene responsible for GDLD, we performed linkage analysis of 10 consanguineous Japanese families with a total of 13 affected members. Homozygosity mapping provided a maximum LOD score of 9.80 at the D1S2741 marker locus on the short arm of chromosome 1. Haplotype analysis further defined the disease locus within a region of ~2.6 cM between D1S2890 and D1S2801.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1073-1077
Number of pages5
JournalAmerican Journal of Human Genetics
Volume63
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1998
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Genetics
  • Genetics(clinical)

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