Recent advances in early-onset severe retinal degeneration: More than just basic research?

Trends in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 51-54

  Preising, Markus N ^a   Heegaard, Steffen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALITRETINOIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR INTERACTING PROTEIN LIKE 1; EYE PROTEIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LECITHIN RETINOL ACYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CRB1; PROTEIN RPE65; RPE RETINA G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR INTERACTING PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DNA SCREENING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE THERAPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; RETINA DEGENERATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 1142309835     PISSN: 14714914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2003.12.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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