Malattia leventinese: Refinement of the genetic locus and phenotypic variability in autosomal dominant macular drusen

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 417-424

  Edwards, Albert O ^a,b,d   Klein, Michael L ^b   Berselli, C Blair ^b   Hejtmancik, J Fielding ^c   Rust, Kristal ^b   Wirtz, Mary K ^b   Weleber, Richard G ^b   Acott, Ted S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Heed Ophthalmic Foundation

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 2; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUSEN; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; DNA; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINAL DRUSEN;

EID: 0032167968     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00097-X     Document Type: Article

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