Significant ocular findings are a feature of heritable bone dysplasias resulting from defects in type II collagen

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1148-1151

  Meredith, Sarah P ^a   Richards, Allan J ^b   Bearcroft, Philip ^a   Pouson, Arabella V ^a   Snead, Martin P ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DYSPLASIA; CATARACT; CHONDRODYSPLASIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOBOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA TEAR; SKELETON MALFORMATION; VITREORETINOPATHY;

ADULT; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLLAGEN TYPE II; EYE DISEASES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUTATION; MYOPIA; OSTEOCHONDRODYSPLASIAS; RETINAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 34548363476     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.112482     Document Type: Article

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