Molecular analysis of the XLRS1 gene in 4 females affected with X-linked juvenile retinoschisis

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 596-599

  Saleheen, Danish ^a,b,c   Ali, Azam ^a   Khanum, Shaheen ^a   Ozair, Mohammad Z ^a   Zaidi, Moazzam ^a   Sethi, Muhammad J ^a   Khan, Nadir ^a   Frossard, Philippe ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Juvenile macular degeneration; Mutation; X linked juvenile retinoschisis; X linked recessive; XLRS1

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RETINOSCHISIS; VISUAL ACUITY; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER; XLRS1 GENE;

EID: 57849158796     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3129/I08-143     Document Type: Article

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