Macular dysfunction and morphology in spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA 7)

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Hugosson, Therése ^a,b   Gränse, Lotta ^b   Ponjavic, Vesna ^b   Andréasson, Sten ^b  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Full field electroretinography (full field ERG); Multifocal electroretinography (mfERG); Optical coherence tomography (OCT); Spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA 7)

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 7; DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR VISION TEST; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE FUNDUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERIMETRY; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINA MALFORMATION; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SWEDEN; THEORY; TIME; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PERIMETRY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RETINAL DISEASES; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 61749090887     PISSN: 13816810     EISSN: 17445094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13816810802454081     Document Type: Article

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