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The Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry
Genetic mutation identified for eye complaint
August 14th, 2008
An international research collaboration including research teams from the Children's Hospital in Boston (USA), King's College London and the Peninsula Medical School, has identified a gene that, when mutated, causes Duane syndrome. The research is published in the latest edition of Science. Duane syndrome is a congenital eye movement disorder that causes eye muscles to contract and relax when they should not. It develops in the womb where it affects nerve growth in the eye. Sufferers of the syndrome have limited eye movement sideways towards the ear or nose. When the eye moves towards the nose the eyeball pulls into the socket, closing the eyelids...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-08-14)
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