Congential fibrosis of the extraocular muscles type I (CFEOM1) on the Arabian Peninsula

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-28

  Khan, Arif O ^a   Khalil, Dania S ^b   Al Tassan, Nada A ^b  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles type I; KIF21A; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL FIBROSIS OF THE EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE 1; FAMILY; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; KIF21A GENE; MYOFIBROSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADULT; ARABS; ARGININE; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; KINESIN; MALE; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PEDIGREE; SAUDI ARABIA; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 41149164211     PISSN: 13816810     EISSN: 17445094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13816810701850058     Document Type: Article

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