Retinal function in carriers of Bardet-Biedl syndrome

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 804-810

  Cox, Gerald F ^a,b,c   Hansen, Ronald M ^a,b   Quinn, Nicole ^a,b,d   Fulton, Anne B ^a,b,e  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c GENZYME CORPORATION   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; B WAVE; BARDET BIEDL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NIGHT VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BARDET-BIEDL SYNDROME; CHILD; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RODS (RETINA); SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0038687261     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.121.6.804     Document Type: Article

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