Aniridia with Preserved Visual Function: A Report of Four Cases with No Mutations in PAX6

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 760-764

  Traboulsi, Elias I ^a   Ellison, Jay ^b   Sears, Jonathan ^a   Maumenee, Irene H ^c   Avallone, John ^d   Mohney, Brian G ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Ophthalmology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIRIDIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; NYSTAGMUS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PAX6 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISION;

ANIRIDIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MUTATION; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 40849135619     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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