Fundus Autofluorescence in Carriers of Choroideremia and Correlation with Electrophysiologic and Psychophysical Data

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Preising, Markus N ^a,b   Wegscheider, Erika ^b   Friedburg, Christoph ^a,b   Poloschek, Charlotte M ^b,c   Wabbels, Bettina K ^b,d   Lorenz, Birgit ^a,b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY GIESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CHOROIDEREMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE EXAMINATION; FUNDUS AUTOFLUORESCENCE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INTRON; LIGHT INTENSITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE; PERIMETRY; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RAB ESCORT PROTEIN 1 GENE; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 67349105082     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.01.016     Document Type: Article

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