Alstrom syndrome: Report of 22 cases and literature review

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1274-1280

  Russell Eggitt, Isabelle M ^a   Clayton, Peter T ^a   Coffey, Rebecca ^a   Kriss, Anthony ^a   Taylor, David S I ^a   Taylor, James F N ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BARDET BIEDL SYNDROME; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FEMALE; GYNECOMASTIA; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; OBESITY; PHOTOPHOBIA; POLYDACTYLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DYSTROPHY; SHORT STATURE; SYNDROME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINDNESS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; INFANT; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINDNESS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEAFNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBESITY; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; SYNDROME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031596498     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)97033-6     Document Type: Article

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