An unusual retinal vascular morphology in connection with a novel AIPL1 mutation in Leber's congenital amaurosis

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 980-983

  Heegaard, S ^a   Rosenberg, T ^b   Preising, M ^c   Prause, J U ^a   Bek, T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b National Eye Clinic for the Visually Impaired Denmark   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIPL1 GENE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENUCLEATION; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GLIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; LIGHT; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VENULE;

ADULT; CARRIER PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; OPTIC ATROPHY, HEREDITARY, LEBER; RETINA;

EID: 0041705916     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.8.980     Document Type: Article

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