Retinal pathology of canine X-linked progressive retinal atrophy, the locus homologue of RP3

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 3292-3304

  Zeiss, Caroline J ^a   Acland, Gregory M ^a   Aguirre, Gustavo D ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PEDIGREE; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032743684     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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