Alström syndrome - A case report and literature review

Klinika Oczna

Volumn 110, Issue 4-6, 2008, Pages 188-192

  Karska Basta, Izabella ^a,b   Kubicka Trza̧ska, Agnieszka ^a   Filemonowicz Skoczek, Agnieszka ^a   Romanowska Dixon, Bozena ^a   Kobylarz, Joanna ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alstr m syndrome; Cone rod retinal dystrophy; Diabetes; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; SYNDROME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

BLINDNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOPHOBIA; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; SYNDROME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 52649165706     PISSN: 00232157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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