Clinical and molecular genetic characterisation of a family segregating autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa and sensorineural deafness

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-213

  Kenna, Paul ^a,b   Mansergh, Fiona ^a   Millington Ward, Sophia ^a   Erven, Alexandra ^a   Kumar Singh, Rajendra ^a   Brennan, Rosemary ^c   Farrar, G Jane ^a   Humphries, Peter ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Dept Otolaryngol Hd Neck Surg   (Ireland)

^c ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0030951811     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.81.3.207     Document Type: Article

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