Clinical and molecular analysis of children with central pulverulent cataract from the Arabian Peninsula

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 650-655

  Khan, Arif O ^a,b   Aldahmesh, Mohammed A ^b   Mohamed, Jawahir Y ^b   Alkuraya, Fowzan S ^b,c,d  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^d ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CATARACT; CENTRAL PULVERULENT CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSANGUINITY; CRYBB1 GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYOPIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOSCOPY; SAUDI ARABIA; SLIT LAMP; STRABISMUS; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; BETA-CRYSTALLIN B CHAIN; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RETINOSCOPY; SAUDI ARABIA; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84860218525     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-301053     Document Type: Article

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