Characterization of feline hereditary retinal dystrophies using clinical, functional, structural and molecular genetic studies

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 30-36

  Narfström, Kristina ^a   Menotti Raymond, Marilyn ^b   Seeliger, Mathias ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal model; Degeneration; Dystrophy; Feline; Hereditary; Retina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA DYSTROPHY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; RETINA; RETINAL DYSTROPHIES;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE;

EID: 80052941927     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: 14635224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2011.00915.x     Document Type: Review

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