Autosomal dominant Stargardt-like macular dystrophy: I. Clinical characterization, longitudinal follow-up, and evidence for a common ancestry in families linked to chromosome 6q14

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 426-435

  Edwards, Albert O ^a   Miedziak, Anita ^b   Vrabec, Tamara ^b   Verhoeven, Janneke ^b   Acott, Ted S ^a   Weleber, Richard G ^a   Donoso, Larry A ^b  

^a CASEY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STARGARDT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033119609     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00331-6     Document Type: Article

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