Congenital iris ectropion as an indicator of variant aniridia [12]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 658-659

  Willcock, C ^a   Grigg, J ^b   Wilson, M ^a   Tam, P ^c   Billson, F ^b   Jamieson, Robyn ^a,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANIRIDIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECTROPION; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS ATROPHY; IRIS DISEASE; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE HYPOPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANIRIDIA; EYE PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IRIS; MALE; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; POINT MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 33646237384     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.089698     Document Type: Letter

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