Abnormal crossing of the optic fibres shown by evoked magnetic fields in patients with ocular albinism with a novel mutation in the OA1 gene

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 820-824

  Lauronen, L ^a,b   Jalkanen, R ^a   Huttunen, J ^a   Carlsson, E ^a   Tuupanen, S ^a   Lindh, S ^c   Forsius, H ^c   Sankila, E M ^a,c   Alitalo, Tiina ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Helsinki Brain Research Center   (Finland)

^c FOLKHÄLSAN INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; EXON; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENEALOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; OA1 GENE; OCULAR ALBINISM; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STOP CODON; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ALBINISM, OCULAR; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, X-LINKED; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 21344452528     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.060582     Document Type: Article

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