Retinitis pigmentosa: Defined from a molecular point of view

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 321-334

  Van Soest, Simone ^a   Westerveld, Andries ^b   De Jong, Paulus T V M ^a,b,c   Bleeker Wagemakers, Elisabeth M ^a   Bergen, Arthur A B ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genetics; Phosphodiesterase; Photoreceptor retinal; Pigment epithelium; Retinitis pigmentosa; Visual transduction; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RETINOL; RHODOPSIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

APOPTOSIS; EYE PROTEINS; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; ROD OUTER SEGMENTS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0032938659     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(98)00046-0     Document Type: Article

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