Ferritin crystal cataracts in hereditary hyperferritinemia cataract syndrome

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1121-1126

  Brooks, David G ^a   Manova Todorova, Katia ^a   Farmer, Jennifer ^a   Lobmayr, Lioba ^a   Wilson, Robert B ^a   Eagle Jr , Ralph C ^a   St Pierre, Tim G ^a   Stambolian, Dwight ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CRYSTAL; DIFFRACTION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SYNDROME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CATARACT; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EYE DISEASES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON METABOLISM DISORDERS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; SYNDROME;

EID: 0036202905     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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