Recessive Cornea Plana in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1773-1778

  Khan, Arif O ^a   Aldahmesh, Mohammed ^b   Meyer, Brian ^b  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERATOCAN;

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; MALE; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE CORNEA PLANA; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VENOUS BLOOD; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CODON, NONSENSE; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; DNA PRIMERS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENES, RECESSIVE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEOGLYCANS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SAUDI ARABIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33748986517     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.04.026     Document Type: Article

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