Retinal nerve fiber layer evaluation by optical coherence tomography in unaffected carriers with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy mutations

Ophthalmology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 127-131

  Savini, Giacomo ^a   Barboni, Piero ^a   Valentino, Maria Lucia ^b   Montagna, Pasquale ^b   Cortelli, Pietro ^b   De Negri, Anna Maria ^c   Sadun, Federico ^d   Bianchi, Stefania ^e   Longanesi, Lora ^f   Zanini, Maurizio ^a   Carelli, Valerio ^b  

^a Centro di Oftalmologia Salus   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Azienda San Camillo Forlanini   (Italy)

^d MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f Ravenna Italy   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC ATROPHY, HEREDITARY, LEBER; PEDIGREE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 19944426426     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2004.09.033     Document Type: Article

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