Gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy is not one of the βig-h3- mutated corneal amyloidoses

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 832-833

  Dota, Atsuyoshi ^a   Nishida, Kohji ^a   Honma, Yoichi ^a   Adachi, Wakako ^a   Kawasaki, Satoshi ^a   Quantock, Andrew J ^a   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032407550     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00186-X     Document Type: Article

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