Clinical and genetic features of a dominantly-inherited microphthalmia pedigree from China

Molecular Vision

Volumn 15, Issue , 2009, Pages 949-954

  Yu, Changhong ^a,b   Hu, Zhengmao ^c   Li, Jingzhi ^c   Liu, Ting ^b   Xia, Kun ^c   Xie, Lixin ^b  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG EYE INSTITUTE   (China)

^c State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics of China   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GENOMIC DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERMETROPIA; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROPHTHALMIA; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHINA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LOD SCORE; MALE; MICROPHTHALMOS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 65549094723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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