Evidence of widespread retinal dysfunction in patients with stargardt disease and morphologically unaffected carrier relatives

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1191-1199

  Maia Lopes, Susana ^a   Silva, Eduardo D ^a,b   Silva, Maria Fátima ^a   Reis, Aldina ^a,b   Faria, Pedro ^a,b   Castelo Branco, Miguel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR VISION DEFECT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVE PROJECTION; PARAMETER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RETINA DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; STARGARDT DISEASE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; COLOR VISION TEST; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; VISUAL FIELD;

ABC TRANSPORTER; ABCA4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CHILD; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 41949095181     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1051     Document Type: Article

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