Predictive DNA testing in ophthalmology: View 2

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 635-636

  Mackey, D A ^a   Heon E ^b   Webster, A R ^c  

^a ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; RHODOPSIN;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DENATURATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EXON; EYE REFRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NIGHT BLINDNESS; ONLINE ANALYSIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TECHNOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PEDIGREE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 0038746710     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.5.635     Document Type: Review

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