Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome in the age of molecular genetics

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 107-115

  Alward, Wallace L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME 6P; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIEGER SYNDROME;

EID: 0033834486     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00525-0     Document Type: Article

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