Autosomal recessive Sorsby fundus dystrophy revisited: Molecular evidence for dominant inheritance

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-62

  Felbor, Ute ^a   Suvanto, Erkki A ^b   Forsius, Henrik R ^b   Eriksson, Aldur W ^b   Weber, Bernhard H F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b FOLKHÄLSAN INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DYSTROPHY;

EID: 0031038238     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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