Mutation screening of Pakistani families with congenital eye disorders

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 343-348

  Khaliq, Shagufta ^a   Abid, Aiysha ^a   Hameed, Abdul ^a   Anwar, Khalid ^a   Mohyuddin, Aisha ^a   Azmat, Zobia ^b   Shami, S A ^b   Ismail, Muhammad ^a   Mehdi, S Qasim ^a  

^a Dr A Q Khan Research Laboratories   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

AIPL1; Candidate gene; CRB1; LCA4; Leber congenital amaurosis; Preserved para arteriolar retinal pigment epithelium (PPRPE); Retinal dystrophies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 17P; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; EYE DISEASE; FAMILY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MUTATION; PAKISTAN; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SCREENING;

EID: 0037373723     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4835(02)00304-4     Document Type: Article

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