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Case Report

Severe Form of Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy Caused by Homozygous R417Q Mutation in Frizzled-4 Gene

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Pages 220-223 | Received 20 Jul 2007, Accepted 03 Sep 2007, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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