A New Locus for Congenital Cataract, Microcornea, Microphthalmia, and Atypical Iris Coloboma Maps to Chromosome 2

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Abouzeid, Hana ^a   Meire, Françoise M ^b,c   Osman, Ihab ^d   ElShakankiri, Nihal ^d   Bolay, Sylvain ^e   Munier, Francis L ^a   Schorderet, Daniel F ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

^d ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e Institute for Research in Ophthalmology   (Switzerland)

^f EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INFANT; IRIS COLOBOMA; MALE; MICROPHTHALMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 57949086477     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.08.044     Document Type: Article

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