Leber's congenital amaurosis in 22 affected members of one family

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 254-257

  Al Salem, Mahmoud ^a,b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JORDAN; KERATOCONUS; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; MALE; PHOTOPHOBIA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CONSANGUINITY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC ATROPHIES, HEREDITARY; PEDIGREE; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030876862     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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