Phenotype and genotype correlations in two best families

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1724-1731

  Seddon, Johanna M ^a,e   Sharma, S ^a,b   Chong, S ^a   Hutchinson, A ^c   Allikmets, R ^c   Adelman, R A ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUSEN; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; EVALUATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PEDIGREE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA MACULA VITELLIFORM DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SCAR FORMATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0041930878     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00575-X     Document Type: Article

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