Mutations in KERA, encoding keratocan, cause cornea plana
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Pellegata, N. S., Dieguez-Lucena, J. L., Joensuu, T., Lau, S., Montgomery, K. T., Krahe, R., Kivelä, T., Kucherlapati, R., Forsius, H., & de la Chapelle, A. (2000). Mutations in KERA, encoding keratocan, cause cornea plana. Nature Genetics, 25(1), 91–95.

Authors 10
  1. Natalia S. Pellegata (first)
  2. Jose L. Dieguez-Lucena (additional)
  3. Tarja Joensuu (additional)
  4. Stephanie Lau (additional)
  5. Kate T. Montgomery (additional)
  6. Ralf Krahe (additional)
  7. Tero Kivelä (additional)
  8. Raju Kucherlapati (additional)
  9. Henrik Forsius (additional)
  10. Albert de la Chapelle (additional)
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@article{Pellegata_2000, title={Mutations in KERA, encoding keratocan, cause cornea plana}, volume={25}, ISSN={1546-1718}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/75664}, DOI={10.1038/75664}, number={1}, journal={Nature Genetics}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Pellegata, Natalia S. and Dieguez-Lucena, Jose L. and Joensuu, Tarja and Lau, Stephanie and Montgomery, Kate T. and Krahe, Ralf and Kivelä, Tero and Kucherlapati, Raju and Forsius, Henrik and de la Chapelle, Albert}, year={2000}, month=may, pages={91–95} }