Red-green pigment gene analysis as a clinical diagnostic tool

Color Research and Application

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL., 2001, Pages

  Yamade, Shinichi ^a   Hayashi, Sachiko ^a   Ueyama, Hisao ^a   Tanabe, Shoko ^b   Hukami, Kaitiro ^b   Ichikawa, Kazuo ^b   Tachibana, Machiko ^b  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Institute of Vision Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Color vision; Color vision deficiencies; Gene analysis; Genetic diagnosis; Visual pigment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009650897     PISSN: 03612317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6378(2001)26:1+<::aid-col20>3.0.co;2-r     Document Type: Article

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