Research Article - (2015) Volume 6, Issue 3
Compound Heterozygous VSX2 Mutation Causing Bilateral Anophthalmia in a Consanguineous Egyptian Family
- Cecilia Jakobsson1,2#, Mohamed A Youssef3#, Iman Marzouk3, Nihal ElShakankiri4, Nader Bayoumi4, Francis L. Munier1,2, Daniel F Schorderet1,2,4 and Hana Abouzeid1,2*
- 1IRO-Institute for Research in Ophthalmology, Sion, Switzerland
- 2Department of Ophthalmology, Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, Fondation Asile des Aveugles, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- 3Genetics Unit, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt
- 4Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt; 5Faculty of Life Sciences, EPFL-Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- #Contributed equally to this work
*Corresponding Author:
Hana Abouzeid, IRO - Institute for Research in Ophthalmology, Av Du Grand-Champsec 64, 1950 Sion, Switzerland, Tel: +4127 205 79 00, Fax: +4127 205 79 01
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