Sorsby's fundus dystrophy: A genetically homogeneous condition;Sorsbys fundusdystrophie: Eine genetisch homogene Erkrankung

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 287-290

  Feibor, Ute ^a   Weber, Bernhard H F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Chromosome 22q13 qter; Sorsby fundus dystrophy; TIMP3 gene

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; SERINE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHOROID DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PENETRANCE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA VITELLIFORM DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY;

EID: 0031799120     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003470050274     Document Type: Article

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