Clinical and genetic heterogeneity in autosomal dominant cataract

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 802-808

  Ionides, Alexander ^a,b   Francis, Peter ^a,b   Berry, Vanita ^a   Mackay, Donna ^a   Bhattacharya, Shomi ^a   Shiels, Alan ^a   Moore, A T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032792185     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.7.802     Document Type: Article

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