The retinal "lozenge" or "dull macular reflex" in Alport syndrome may be associated with a severe retinopathy and early-onset renal failure

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 383-386

  Colville, D ^a   Wang, Y Y ^a   Tan, R ^a   Savige, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPORT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DULL MACULAR REFLEX; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA LOZENGE; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINOPATHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLIT LAMP; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRITIS, HEREDITARY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL DRUSEN; RETINOSCOPY;

EID: 61749096175     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.142869     Document Type: Article

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