The genetics of hereditary cataract;Transmission génétique de la cataracte congénitale

Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 400-408

  Beby, F ^a,b   Morle, L ^b   Michon, L ^b   Bozon, M ^b   Edery, P ^b   Burillon, C ^a   Denis, Ph ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Cataractogenesis; Connexin; Crystallin; Hereditary cataract; Nuclear cataract; Zonular cataract

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CATARACTOGENESIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LENS; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AQUAPORINS; CATARACT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONNEXINS; CRYSTALLINS; EYE PROTEINS; FERRITINS; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0037620458     PISSN: 01815512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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