Early diagnosis of exfoliation syndrome in the offspring of affected patients

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 512-515

  Oliveira, Cristiano ^a   Schlötzer Schrehardt, Ursula ^b   Vieira, Geraldo ^a   Liebmann, Jeffrey ^c,d   Ritch, Robert ^a,e  

^a NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EAR AND THROAT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjunctival biopsy; Detection; Exfoliation syndrome; Glaucoma; Heredity; Pseudoexfoliation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; BIOPSY; CONJUNCTIVA; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY;

EID: 33746290477     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2006.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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