Molecular genetics of human retinal disease

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue , 1999, Pages 89-131

  Rattner, Amir ^a   Sun, Hui ^a   Nathans, Jeremy ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Macular degeneration; Ophthalmic genetics; Photoreceptor; Retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033399668     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.33.1.89     Document Type: Review

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