Gene transfer in the RPE65 null mutation dog: Relationship between construct volume, visual behavior and electroretinographic (ERG) results

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-86

  Ford, Marnie ^a   Bragadóttir, Ragnheidur ^b   Rakoczy, P Elizabeth ^c   Narfström, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dystrophy; ERG; Gene; Retina; RPE65; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; ATROPINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ISOFLURANE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROPOFOL; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM PROTEIN 65; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

A WAVE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLINDNESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGHT; MAZE TEST; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINA SURGERY; VIRAL GENE THERAPY; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

EID: 0041312614     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024431827812     Document Type: Conference Paper

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