Histopathology of the retinal pigment epithelium of a female carrier of choroideremia

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 329-333

  MacDonald, Ian M ^a   Chen, Ming H ^a   Addison, David J ^b   Mielke, Bruce W ^a   Nesslinger, Nancy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Choroideremia; Mutation; Pathogenesis; REP 1

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOROID DISEASE; CHOROIDEREMIA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PATHOGENESIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; X CHROMOSOME RECESSIVE DISORDER;

EID: 0030875884     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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