Marfan syndrome and other systemic disorders with congenital ectopia lentis. A Danish national survey

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 947-952

  Fuchs, J ^a  

^a National Eye Clinic for the Visually Impaired Denmark   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ectopia lentis; Epidemiology; Homocystinuria; Lens dislocation; Marfan syndrome; Mortality; Sulphite oxidase deficiency; Survival; Weill Marchesani syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DENMARK; ECTOPIA LENTIS; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 0030867524     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1997.tb15176.x     Document Type: Article

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