Ocular findings among patients with late-diagnosed or poorly controlled homocystinuria compared with a screened, well-controlled population

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 311-315

  Mulvihill, Alan ^b   Yap, Sufin ^b   O'Keefe, Michael ^a   Howard, Pamela M ^b   Naughten, Eileen R ^b  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTINE; HOMOCYSTINE; METHIONINE; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMAN; INFANT; LENS SUBLUXATION; MALE; MYOPIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGING; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTINE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTINE; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMANS; INFANT; LENS SUBLUXATION; MALE; METHIONINE; MYOPIA; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 0040156170     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpa.2001.118219     Document Type: Article

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