Late onset is common in best macular dystrophy associated with VMD2 gene mutations

Ophthalmology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 586-592.e2

  Renner, Agnes B ^a   Tillack, Hilmar ^a   Kraus, Hannelore ^a   Krämer, Franziska ^b   Mohr, Nicole ^b   Weber, Bernhard H F ^b   Foerster, Michael H ^a   Kellner, Ulrich ^a,c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Julius Maximilians Universitate W   (Germany)

^c RetinaScience   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLIFORM MACULAR DYSTROPHY 2 PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; VMD2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERIMETRY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA VITELLIFORM DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY; VMD2 GENE; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLOR PERCEPTION; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PERIMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 16244387640     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2004.10.041     Document Type: Article

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