A novel keratocan mutation causing autosomal recessive cornea plana

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 3118-3122

  Lebmann, Ordan J ^a   El ashry, Mohamed F ^a   Ebenezer, Neil D ^a   Ocaka, Louise ^a   Francis, Peter J ^a   Wilkie, Susan E ^a   Patel, Reshma J ^a   Ficker, Linda ^b   Jordan, Tim ^a   Khaw, Peng T ^b   Bhattacharya, Shomi S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERA PROTEIN, HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; CORNEA DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; MALE; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RECESSIVE GENE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEOGLYCANS;

EID: 0035650579     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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