Lens epithelial changes and mutated gene expression in patients with myotonic dystrophy

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 452-457

  Abe, Toshiaki ^a   Sato, Masami ^a   Kuboki, Junko ^a   Kano, Tetsuya ^a   Tamai, Makoto ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PLASMA PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LENS EPITHELIUM; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENILE CATARACT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0032936573     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.4.452     Document Type: Article

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