Multicenter genetic study of retinitis pigmentosa in Japan: I. Genetic heterogeneity in typical retinitis pigmentosa

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-6

  Hayakawa, Mutsuko ^a   Fujiki, Keiko ^b   Kanai, Atsushi ^b   Matsumura, Miyo ^b   Honda, Yoshihito ^b   Sakaue, Hiroshi ^b   Tamai, Makoto ^b   Sakuma, Takehiko ^b   Tokoro, Takashi ^b   Yura, Tomotsugu ^b   Kubota, Nobue ^b   Kawano, Shinichiro ^b   Matsui, Mizuo ^b   Yuzawa, Mitsuko ^b   Oguchi, Yoshihisa ^b   Akeo, Kiyoshi ^b   Adachi, Emiko ^b   Kimura, Tsuyoshi ^b   Miyake, Yozo ^b   Horiguchi, Masayuki ^b   Wakabayashi, Kenji ^b   Ishizaka, Nobuto ^b   Koizumi, Kan ^b   Uyama, Masanobu ^b   Tagami, Nobuko ^b   Ishibashi, Tatsuro ^b   Honda, Takakazu ^b   Nakagawa, Takashi ^b   Takeda, Muneyasu ^b   Choshi, Kanji ^b   Watanabe, Michio ^b   Tamura, Osamu ^b   Shimowake, Naomi ^b   Ueno, Hisayuki ^b   Yoshida, Kazuyuki ^b   Isashiki, Yasushi ^b   Ohba, Norio ^b   more..

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Consanguinity; Genetic counseling; Genetic heterogeneity; Retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CHILD; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SCHOOL CHILD; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 19244381008     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(96)00018-4     Document Type: Article

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