Idiopathic macular hypoplasia: A report of four cases and refinement of the phenotype of so-called ateliotic macula

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 741-744

  El Annan, J ^a   Marcotty, A ^a   Mitchell, P ^b   Traboulsi, Elias I ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Ateliotic macula; Children; Congenital; Macular hypoplasia; Myopia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC MACULAR HYPOPLASIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYOPIA; NYSTAGMUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULOPATHY; REVIEW; STRABISMUS; TRISOMY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33845333336     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210601600513     Document Type: Review

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