Congenital progressive polymorphic cataract caused by a mutation in the major intrinsic protein of the lens, MIP (AQP0)

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1376-1379

  Francis, P ^a,b   Berry, V ^a   Bhattacharya, S ^a   Moore, A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONGENITAL CATARACT; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; KERATOPATHY; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AQUAPORINS; CATARACT; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0033675222     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.12.1376     Document Type: Article

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