Alstrom syndrome (OMIM 203800): A case report and literature review

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Joy, Tisha ^a   Cao, Henian ^a   Black, Graeme ^b   Malik, Rayaz ^c   Charlton Menys, Valentine ^c   Hegele, Robert A ^a   Durrington, Paul N ^c  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Manchester Eye Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c School of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALMS1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE 4; HYPERTENSION; MUTATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PEDIGREE; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYNDROME;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; DATABASES, GENETIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE IV; HYPERTENSION; MUTATION; OBESITY; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNDROME;

EID: 40749124464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17501172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-1172-2-49     Document Type: Article

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