PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to look for ADAMTSL4 mutations in a cohort of German patients with isolated ectopia lentis from nonconsanguineous families. METHODS Mutation screening was performed by PCR amplification of the coding exons of ADAMTSL4 and subsequent sequencing. RESULTS An identical homozygous deletion of 20 bp of coding sequence within exon 6 (NM_019032.4:c.759_778del20)...

Pratylenchus lentis n. sp. parasitizing roots of lentil in Sicily, Italy, is described and illustrated. The new species is characterized by a relatively high lip region with three annuli, mean stylet length of 16 mum, with anteriorly flattened knobs, cylindrical body with a relatively anterior vulva, large and ovoid spermatheca full of sperm, plump tail with truncate, irregularly annulated term...

Australian lentil production is affected by several major biotic constraints including Ascochyta blight (AB), caused lentis, a devastating fungal disease. Cultivation of AB resistant cultivars, alongside agronomic management fungicide application, the current most economically viable control strategy. However, breakdown resistance in such as Northfield and Nipper, suggests need for introgressio...

Abstract This was a 1:1 nested case-matched, consecutive, single physician, retrospective series assessing the risk of treatment for ROP in patients with persistence tunica vasculosa lentis (TVL) on neonatal screening examination. The rate meeting criteria and having zone 1 disease were increased TVL group (30.85% vs 10.64%, p

PU R P O S E. Ectopia lentis remains a therapeutic challenge for ophthalmologists. It classically p resents with a preceding history of blunt or penetrating ocular trauma, or it may be associated with other ocular disorders such as congenital glaucoma and aniridia, or concomitant here d i t a ry systemic diseases such as Marfan syndrome and homocystinuria. ME T H O D S. Case re p o r t . RE S U...