Clinical expression of Best's vitelliform macular dystrophy in Swedish families with mutations in the bestrophin gene

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 251-257

  Ponjavic, Vesna ^a,d   Eksandh, Louise ^a   Andréasson, Sten ^a   Sjöström, Kerstin ^b   Bakall, B ^c   Ingvast, S ^c   Wadelius, Claes ^c   Ehinger, Berndt ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b General Hospital   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arden ratio; Best's vitelliform macular dystrophy; Bestrophin; Clinical phenotype; DNA analysis; Electro oculography; Hereditary macular degeneration; Lipofuscin; Mutation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EXON; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA MACULA VITELLIFORM DEGENERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEDEN; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033368589     PISSN: 13816810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opge.20.4.251.2270     Document Type: Article

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