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Visual Impairment and Progressive Phthisis Bulbi
An eye disease that is characterized by poor vision at birth, with development of bilateral phthisis by adulthood and that is caused by homozygous mutation in the MARK3 gene on chromosome 14q3.
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Overview
An eye disease that is characterized by poor vision at birth, with development of bilateral phthisis by adulthood and that is caused by homozygous mutation in the MARK3 gene on chromosome 14q3.
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