Genotype-phenotype correlation in Italian families with Stargardt disease

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 159-167

  Simonelli, Francesca ^a   Testa, Francesco ^a   Zernant, Jana ^b   Nesti, Anna ^a   Rossi, Settimio ^a   Allikmets, Rando ^b   Rinaldi, Ernesto ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

ABCA4 mutations; Phenotype genotype correlation; Stargardt disease

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CODON; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FAMILY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARGARDT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 22544466134     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086073     Document Type: Article

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