Abnormal distribution of red/green cone opsins in a patient with an autosomal dominant cone dystrophy

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 69-76

  Bonilha, Vera L ^a   Hollyfield, Joe G ^a   Grover, Sandeep ^b   Fishman, Gerald A ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant cone dystrophy; Clinical findings; Cone opsins; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; LECTIN; OPSIN; RHODOPSIN; LONG WAVELENGTH OPSIN; LONG-WAVELENGTH OPSIN; MIDDLE WAVELENGTH OPSIN; MIDDLE-WAVELENGTH OPSIN;

AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; B WAVE; CADAVER; CELL MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEATH; DONOR; DRUSEN; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE; EYE FUNDUS; FAMILY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA CONE; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA ROD; CASE REPORT; COLOR VISION DEFECT; DOMINANT GENE; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; RETINA DEGENERATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; CONES (RETINA); ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OPSIN; PEDIGREE; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RHODOPSIN;

EID: 24644484408     PISSN: 13816810     EISSN: 17445094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13816810590968041     Document Type: Article

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