Age-related macular degeneration in grandparents of patients with Stargardt disease: Genetic study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-178

  Souied, Eric H ^a,c   Ducroq, Dominique ^c   Gerber, Sylvie ^c   Ghazi, Imad ^b   Rozet, Jean Michel ^c   Perrault, Isabelle ^a,b,c   Munnich, Arnold ^c   Dufier, Jean Louis ^b   Coscas, Gabriel ^a   Soubrane, Gisèle ^a   Kaplan, Josseline ^c  

^a Clin Ophtamologique Univ Creteil   (France)

^b Hopital Laennec   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FUNDUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STARGARDT DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; ROD OUTER SEGMENTS;

EID: 0032796491     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)00145-2     Document Type: Article

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