Visual impairment in Finnish Usher syndrome type III

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-41

  Plantinga, Rutger F ^a   Pennings, Ronald J E ^a   Huygen, Patrick L M ^a   Sankila, Eeva Marja ^b,c   Tuppurainen, Kaija ^d   Kleemola, Leenamaija ^e   Cremers, Cor W R J ^a   Deutman, August F ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Functional vision score; Phenotype genotype correlation; Retinitis pigmentosa; USH3; Usher syndrome; Visual field deterioration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; USHER SYNDROME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FINLAND; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; PHENOTYPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; USHER SYNDROMES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33644778800     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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