Detection of alterations in all three exons of the peripherin/RDS gene in Swedish patients with retinitis pigmentosa using an efficient DGGE system

Journal of Clinical Pathology - Molecular Pathology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 287-291

  Ekstrom U ^a   Ponjavic, V ^a   Andreasson S ^a   Ehinger, B ^a   Nilsson Ehle, P ^a   Abrahamson, M ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Full field electroretinography; Mutation; Polymorphism; Retina

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EXON; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031724967     PISSN: 13668714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/mp.51.5.287     Document Type: Article

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