Molecular analysis and predictive testing in retinoblastoma: Impact on ophthalmologic routine;Molekulare Genetik und Diagnostik des Retinoblastoms. Bedeutung fur die Ophthalmologische Praxis

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 263-267

  Lohmann, D R ^a,b   Brandt, B ^a   Passarge, E ^a   Horsthemke, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

mutation; retinoblastoma; retinoblastoma gene

Indexed keywords

GENE; HUMAN; MUTATION; RETINOBLASTOMA; SHORT SURVEY;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EYE NEOPLASMS; GENES, RETINOBLASTOMA; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, HEREDITARY; PEDIGREE; RETINOBLASTOMA;

EID: 0030988846     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003470050110     Document Type: Short Survey

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