ABCA4-associated retinal degenerations spare structure and function of the human parapapillary retina

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4739-4746

  Cideciyan, Artur V ^a   Swider, Malgorzata ^a   Aleman, Tomas S ^a   Sumaroka, Alexander ^a   Schwartz, Sharon B ^a   Roman, Marisa I ^a   Milam, Ann H ^a   Bennett, Jean ^a   Stone, Edwin M ^b   Jacobson, Samuel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCA4 GENE; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE FIXATION; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STARGARDT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; FEMALE; GENETICS; LASER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; PATHOLOGY; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ABC TRANSPORTER; ABCA4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33644791067     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0805     Document Type: Article

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