Genetic linkage analysis of a novel syndrome comprising North Carolina-like macular dystrophy and progressive sensorineural hearing loss

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 893-898

  Francis, P J ^a,b   Johnson, S ^b   Edmunds, B ^b   Kelsell, R E ^a   Sheridan, E ^c   Garrett, C ^d   Holder, G E ^b   Hunt, D M ^a   Moore, A T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d EALING HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA EXTRACTION; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEARING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NORTH CAROLINA LIKE MACULAR DYSTROPHY; PEDIGREE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERFORMANCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SYNDROME; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GENOTYPE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0038798786     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.7.893     Document Type: Article

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