The coexistence of age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa in three unrelated families

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 155-161

  Sarraf, David ^a,b   Salib, David M ^c   Jain, Atul ^d   Quiram, Polly A ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence of ARMD and RP in three families

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ABC TRANSPORTER A4; GENE PRODUCT; PERIPHERIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN GCAP 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GEOGRAPHIC OPHTHALMOLOGY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHT VISION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOTOPIC VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 34548301520     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: 17445205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08820530701457431     Document Type: Article

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