Retinal findings in patients with Alport Syndrome: Expanding the clinical spectrum

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1606-1611

  Fawzi, A A ^a   Lee, N G ^a   Eliott, D ^a   Song, J ^b   Stewart, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COL4A5 PROTEIN; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALPORT SYNDROME; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BLURRED VISION; BRUCH MEMBRANE; BULL EYE MACULOPATHY; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA OPACITY; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; EYE FUNDUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEARING AID; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NERVE CELL; NIGHT VISION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERIMETRY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA VITELLIFORM DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RNA SPLICING; STAINING; VISUAL ACUITY; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ADULT; EYE DISEASES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; NEPHRITIS, HEREDITARY; RETINAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449157447     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.158089     Document Type: Article

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