Ocular genetics: Current understanding

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-196

  MacDonald, Ian M ^a   Tran, Mai ^a   Musarella, Maria A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic counseling; Molecular genetics; Ocular genetics

Indexed keywords

ALBINISM; ANIRIDIA; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DISEASE; AXENFIELD RIEGER MALFORMATION; CATARACT; CHOROIDEREMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR VISION DEFECT; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EYE DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GLAUCOMA; HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; LENS DISEASE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MICROPHTHALMIA; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NORRIE DISEASE; OGUCHI DISEASE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GYRATE ATROPHY; RETINA INJURY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETINOSCHISIS; REVIEW; USHER SYNDROME;

EYE ABNORMALITIES; EYE DISEASES, HEREDITARY; GENOME COMPONENTS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EID: 1542271657     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2003.12.003     Document Type: Review

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