Phenotype in retinol deficiency due to a hereditary defect in retinol binding protein synthesis

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-11

  Seeliger, Mathias W ^a   Biesalski, Hans K ^b   Wissinger, Bernd ^a   Gollnick, Harald ^c   Gielen, Stephan ^d   Frank, Jürgen ^b   Beck, Susanne ^e   Zrenner, Eberhart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHYLOMICRON; RETINOL; RETINOL ESTER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DARK ADAPTATION; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RETINA PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ATROPHY; AVITAMINOSIS; COLOBOMA; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PERIMETRY; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0032905875     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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