Allelic variation of the FRMD7 gene in congenital idiopathic nystagmus

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1255-1263

  Self, James E ^a,b   Shawkat, Fatima ^b   Malpas, Crispin T ^b   Thomas, N Simon ^c   Harris, Christopher M ^d   Hodgkins, Peter R ^b   Chen, Xiaoli ^a   Trump, Dorothy ^e   Lotery, Andrew J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL IDIOPATHIC NYSTAGMUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FEMALE; FRMD7 GENE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ALLELES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GENES, X-LINKED; GENETIC DISEASES, X-LINKED; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; NYSTAGMUS, CONGENITAL; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS); X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 34548604009     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.125.9.1255     Document Type: Article

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