Role of genetic testing in retinoblastoma management at a tertiary referral centre

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-236

  Pradhan, Monika A ^a,b   Ng, Yvonne ^b   Strickland, Adrienne ^b   George, Peter M ^c   Raizis, Anthony ^c   Warrington, Jenny ^d   Vincent, Andrea L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^d AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Genetic analysis; Mutation; RB1 gene; Retinoblastoma

Indexed keywords

DNA; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ETHNICITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MAORI; MOSAICISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; RETINOBLASTOMA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; EXONS; FEMALE; GENES, RETINOBLASTOMA; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUTATION; NEW ZEALAND; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN;

EID: 77953212103     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02239.x     Document Type: Article

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