Autosomal dominant macular dystrophy in a large Canadian family

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-40

  Donoso, Larry A ^a   Hageman, Gregory ^b   Frost, Arcilee ^a   Sheffield, Val ^c   Beck, John ^c   Hébert, Marc ^d   MacDonald, Ian M ^e  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant inheritance; Macular dystrophy; RDS gene mutation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CANADA; CHROMOSOME 6P; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENEALOGY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINAL DEGENERATION SLOW GENE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0037297069     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-4182(03)80006-6     Document Type: Article

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