Congenital ectopia lentis. A Danish national survey

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-26

  Fuchs, Josefine ^a   Rosenberg, Thomas ^a  

^a National Eye Clinic for the Visually Impaired Denmark   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ectopia lentis; Ectopia lentis et pupillae; Epidemiology homocystinuria; Lens dislocation; Marfan syndrome; Sulfite oxidase deficiency; Weill Marchesani syndrome

Indexed keywords

SULFITE OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECTOPIA LENTIS; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; WEILL MARCHESANI SYNDROME;

EID: 0031909797     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1998.760105.x     Document Type: Article

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