Aniridia: Current pathology and management

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 708-715

  Lee, Helena ^a   Khan, Rizwana ^a   O'keefe, Michael ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b MATER PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aniridia; Cataract; Glaucoma; Keratopathy; Keratoprosthesis; Macular hypoplasia; Optic nerve hypoplasia; WAGR

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; CYTOKERATIN; EYE DROPS; GLYCOCONJUGATE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MIOTIC AGENT; SILICONE OIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIRIDIA; ANIRIDIA ASSOCIATED KERATOPATHY; BOSTON KERATOPROSTHESIS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL ADHESION; CHROMOSOME 11; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRY EYE; EPIPHORA; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE EXAMINATION; FILTERING OPERATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; GONIOTOMY; HUMAN; IRIS DISEASE; KERATOPATHY; KERATOPROSTHESIS; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE HYPOPLASIA; PATHOGENESIS; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA TEAR; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY; WAGR SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; ANIRIDIA; CATARACT; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EYE PROTEINS; GLAUCOMA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; OPTIC NERVE; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINA; WAGR SYNDROME;

EID: 55449128397     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01427.x     Document Type: Review

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