Prevalence and geographical distribution of Usher syndrome in Germany

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 240, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 495-498

  Spandau, Ulrich H M ^a   Rohrschneider, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; AWARENESS; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPORT GROUP; UNIVERSITY; URBAN AREA; USHER SYNDROME; VISUAL AID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 0036951477     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-002-0485-8     Document Type: Article

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