Exfoliation syndrome: Clinical and genetic features

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 171-185

  Orr, Andrew C ^a   Robitaille, Johane M ^a   Price, Paul A ^a   Hamilton, John R ^a   Falvey, Denis M ^a   De Saint Sardos, Alex G ^a   Pasternak, Sylvia ^a   Guernsey, Duane L ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exfoliation syndrome; Genetics; Open angle glaucoma; Pseudoexfoliation syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CANADA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FAMILY STUDY; FATHER; FEMALE; GENEALOGY; GENETIC SCREENING; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RELATIVE; SEX RATIO;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0035572953     PISSN: 13816810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opge.22.3.171.2223     Document Type: Article

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