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Greiner, M., Terveen, D., Vislisel, J. et al. Assessment of a three-generation pedigree with Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy with anticipation for expansion of the triplet repeat in the TCF4 gene. Eye 31, 1250–1252 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2017.60
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