Crystal deposits on the lens capsules in Bietti crystalline corneoretinal dystrophy associated with a mutation in the CYP4V2 gene: Case Series

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 607-609

  Yokoi, Yumiko ^a   Nakazawa, Mitsuru ^a   Mizukoshi, Sayuri ^a,b   Sato, Kota ^a,b   Usui, Tomoaki ^c   Takeuchi, Kimio ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bietti; crystalline corneoretinal dystrophy; CYP4V2 gene; exon skipping; lens; retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN CYP4V2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIETTI CRYSTALLINE CORNEORETINAL DYSTROPHY; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LENS CAPSULE; MALE; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DYSTROPHY; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL STROMA; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINAL DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77954633030     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01529.x     Document Type: Article

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