Leber congenital amaurosis: Disease, genetics and therapy

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-43

  Ahmed, Ednan ^a,b   Loewenstein, John ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Eye; LCA; LCA genetics; Leber; Leber congenital amaurosis

Indexed keywords

PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; PROTEIN; RETINA PIGMENT EPITHELIUM PROTEIN 65; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL TRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW; VISION;

BLINDNESS; HUMANS; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

EID: 38549098447     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: 17445205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08820530701745215     Document Type: Review

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