Neuro-ophthalmic genetics

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 35-40

  Kerrison, John B ^b,c,d   Maumenee, Irene H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Andrews AFB ^*  (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; OCULOPHARYNGEAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EYE DISEASES, HEREDITARY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

EID: 0031453348     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-199712000-00006     Document Type: Review

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