Equine Multiple Congenital Ocular Anomalies (MCOA) syndrome in PMEL17 (Silver) mutant ponies: Five cases

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 313-320

  Komáromy, András M ^a   Rowlan, Jessica S ^a   La Croix, Noelle C ^b   Mangan, Brendan G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Veterinary Medical Center of Long Island   (United States)

^c West Coast Veterinary Eye Specialists Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior segment dysgenesis; Equine multiple congenital ocular anomalies; MCOA; PMEL17; Pony; Silver dapple

Indexed keywords

MELANOCYTE PROTEIN PMEL 17;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; GP100 MELANOMA ANTIGEN; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MUTATION;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; GRANULA;

EID: 80053015788     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: 14635224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2011.00878.x     Document Type: Article

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