Evidence of genetic heterogeneity in autosomal recessive congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 658-662

  Traboulsi, Elias I ^a   Lee, Bjorn A ^b   Mousawi, Adel ^c   Khamis, A R ^c   Engle, Elizabeth C ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Al Jazeirah Hospital   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 16Q; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; MALE; MYOFIBROSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; YEMEN;

BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CONSANGUINITY; DNA; EXOTROPIA; EYE DISEASES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0034085924     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)00467-5     Document Type: Article

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