Later retinal degeneration following childhood surgical aphakia in a family with recessive CRYAB mutation (p.R56W)

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-36

  Khan, Arif O ^a,b   Safieh, Leen Abu ^b   Alkurarya, Fowzan ^b,c,d  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

CRYAB; Juvenile cataract; Retinal degeneration

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN B CHAIN; APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CONSANGUINITY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 76649118792     PISSN: 13816810     EISSN: 17445094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13816810903452047     Document Type: Article

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