Ocular albinism with absent foveal pits but without nystagmus, photophobia, or severely reduced vision

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 610-612

  Kubal, Anup ^a   Dagnelie, Gislin ^a   Goldberg, Morton ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MELANOSOME; NYSTAGMUS; OCULAR ALBINISM; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ALBINISM, OCULAR; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOVEA CENTRALIS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MUTATION; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; PHOTOPHOBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 71649084304     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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