Abnormal dark-adapted ERG in cats heterozygous for a recessively inherited rod-cone degeneration

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-67

  Ekesten, Björn ^a   Narfström, Kristina ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Carriers; Cats; ERG; Heterozygotes; Rod cone degeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B WAVE; BLUE LIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOSITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 1342300778     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2004.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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