Evaluation of the ELOVL4 gene in patients with age-related macular degeneration

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 233-239

  Ayyagari, Radha ^a   Zhang, Kang ^a   Hutchinson, Amy ^a   Yu, Zhengya ^a   Swaroop, Anand ^a   Kakuk, Laura E ^a   Seddon, Johanna M ^a   Bernstein, Paul S ^a   Lewis, Richard A ^a   Tammur, Jaana ^a   Yang, Z ^a   Li, Y ^a   Zhang, Heidi ^a   Yashar, Beverly M ^a   Liu, Jiafan ^a   Petrukhin, Konstantin ^a   Sieving, Paul A ^a   Allikmets, Rando ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelic variation; AMD; Atrophic macular degeneration; ELOVL4

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELOVL4 GENE; GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; STARGARDT DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DNA PRIMERS; EXONS; EYE PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 18344391007     PISSN: 13816810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opge.22.4.233.2219     Document Type: Article

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