A novel PHOX2A/ARIX mutation in an Iranian family with congenital fibrosis of extraocular muscles type 2 (CFEOM2)

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 861-865

  Yazdani, Ahmad ^a,b   Chung, Daniel C ^a   Abbaszadegan, Mohammad R ^b   Al Khayer, Kholoud ^a   Chan, Wai Man ^c   Yazdani, Milad ^a   Ghodsi, Kazem ^b   Engle, Elizabeth C ^c   Traboulsi, Elias I ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIX GENE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL FIBROSIS OF EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE TYPE 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOX2A GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SLIT LAMP; TONOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0142195766     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(03)00891-2     Document Type: Article

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