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Kozawa, M., Kondo, H., Tahira, T. et al. Novel mutation in PAX3 gene in Waardenburg syndrome accompanied by unilateral macular degeneration. Eye 23, 1619–1621 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2008.256
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