The lens in hereditary hyperferritinaemia cataract syndrome contains crystalline deposits of L-ferritin

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 697-700

  Mumford, Andrew D ^a   Cree, Ian A ^b   Arnold, Jayantha D ^c   Hagan, Myles C ^d   Rixon, Kenneth C ^e   Harding, John J ^e  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Ashford Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; LENS PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENS; LENS NUCLEUS; METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TISSUE LEVEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; INFANT; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; POINT MUTATION; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033932963     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.7.697     Document Type: Article

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