A novel mutation in the ABCR gene in four patients with autosomal recessive Stargardt disease

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 720-724

  Zhang, Kang ^a,b   Garibaldi, Daniel C ^a   Kniazeva, Marina ^b   Albini, Thomas ^a   Chiang, Michael F ^a   Kerrigan, Michelle ^a,b,c   Sunness, Janet S ^a   Han, Min ^b   Allikmets, Rando ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SCREENING; STARGARDT DISEASE;

ADULT; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BASE SEQUENCE; COHORT STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EYE DISEASES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033452910     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)00236-6     Document Type: Article

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