Asymmetric severity of diabetic retinopathy in Waardenburg syndrome

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1717-1720

  Kashima, Tomoyuki ^a   Akiyama, Hideo ^a   Kishi, Shoji ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albinism; Asymmetry; Diabetic retinopathy; Hypopigmentation; Waardenburg syndrome

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GREEN LIGHT; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IRIS DISEASE; LIGHT; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MICROSCOPY; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PAX3 GENE; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE; WAARDENBURG SYNDROME; YELLOW LIGHT;

EID: 84856148595     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S27490     Document Type: Article

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