The OPA1 gene and optic neuropathy

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-3

  Alward, Wallace L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOCILIN;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CELL DEGENERATION; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 3Q; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PALLOR; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CELL DEATH; CHILD; GLAUCOMA; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HUMANS; OPTIC ATROPHY, AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT; OPTIC NERVE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0037230231     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.1.2     Document Type: Review

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