Two distinct kerato-epithelin mutations in Reis-Bucklers corneal dystrophy

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 535-542

  Okada, Masaki ^a   Yamamoto, Shuji ^a   Tsujikawa, Motokazu ^a   Watanabe, Hitoshi ^a   Inoue, Yoshitsugu ^a   Maeda, Naoyuki ^a   Shimomura, Yoshikazu ^a   Nishida, Kohji ^b   Quantock, Andrew J ^b   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^b   Tano, Yasuo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL OPACITY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; EXONS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032189294     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00135-4     Document Type: Article

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