Autosomal dominant inheritance of a negative electroretinogram phenotype in three generations

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 495-502

  Fitzgerald, Kathleen M ^a,c   Hashimoto, Takao ^b   Hug, Timothy E ^a   Cibis, Gerhard W ^a   Harris, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EYE FUNDUS; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; MUSCLE DISEASE; MYOPIA; NYSTAGMUS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SIBLING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DARK ADAPTATION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; NEURAL INHIBITION; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RETINA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0035056340     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00849-7     Document Type: Article

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