Clinical findings in Japanese patients with Waardenburg syndrome type 2

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-84

  Ohno, Naonori ^a   Kiyosawa, Motohiro ^a   Mori, Hiroshi ^a   Wang, Wei Fang ^a   Takase, Hiroshi ^a   Mochizuki, Manabu ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heterochromia irides; Ocular albinism; Retinal hypopigmentation; Sensory deafness; Waardenburg syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALBINISM; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COLOR VISION; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; EYE POSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCULAR ALBINISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; WAARDENBURG SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBINISM, OCULAR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; IRIS DISEASES; JAPAN; MALE; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; RETINAL DISEASES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; WAARDENBURG'S SYNDROME;

EID: 0037262647     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(02)00629-9     Document Type: Article

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