title: Potential linkage of different phenotypic forms of childhood strabismus to a recessive susceptibility locus (16p13.12-p12.3).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To perform linkage analysis on an inbred family with members who exhibit different phenotypic forms of childhood strabismus.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective clinical examination and linkage analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  three of the ten siblings and their cousin each had a different phenotypic form of childhood strabismus: infantile esotropia with convergence excess, esotropia associated with anisometropic amblyopia, unilateral esotropic Duane syndrome, and monocular elevation deficiency. Linkage analysis for the four strabismic individuals, an unaffected sibling, and the unaffected parents identified a single disease locus on chromosome 16p13.12-p12.3 (Ensembl cytogenetic band) with a 2.5 maximum logarithm of odds score. The region is 6 MB in size and comprises 80 genes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Linkage analysis in this unique family suggests that childhood strabismus can be recessive and that different phenotypic forms of childhood strabismus can share the same underlying genotype.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. arif.khan@mssm.edu
authors.forename: Arif O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Jameela
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shinwari
authors.forename: Nada
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abu Dhaim
authors.forename: Dania
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Khalil
authors.forename: Latifa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Al Sharif
authors.forename: Nada
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Al Tassan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002885:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D003241:Consanguinity; D005123:Eye / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D056726:Genetic Association Studies; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D056426:Genetic Loci; D058685:Genetic Pleiotropy; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008126:Lod Score; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D013285:Strabismus / Q000235:genetics*