Lipofuscin- and Melanin-related Fundus Autofluorescence in Patients with ABCA4-associated Retinal Dystrophies

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Kellner, Simone ^a,b   Kellner, Ulrich ^a,b   Weber, Bernhard H F ^c   Fiebig, Britta ^c   Weinitz, Silke ^a   Ruether, Klaus ^d  

^a Augen Zentrum Siegburg   (Germany)

^b RetinaScience   (Germany)

^c Zentrum fur Humangenetik   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN; MELANIN;

ABC4 GENE; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE FUNDUS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; OPHTHALMOSCOPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA DYSTROPHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 64649085067     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.12.023     Document Type: Article

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