The distinct ophthalmic phenotype of Knobloch syndrome in children

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 890-895

  Khan, Arif O ^a,b   Aldahmesh, Mohammed A ^b   Mohamed, Jawahir Y ^b   Al Mesfer, Saleh ^a   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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAMTS18 GENE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COL18A1 GENE; CONSANGUINITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECTOPIA LENTIS; EPILEPSY; EYE DISEASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE; GRAY MATTER; HIGH MYOPIA; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; KNOBLOCH SYNDROME; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINA PIGMENT DEGENERATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; VITREORETINAL DEGENERATION;

ADAM PROTEINS; ADOLESCENT; ATROPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLLAGEN TYPE VIII; CONSANGUINITY; ECTOPIA LENTIS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIS; MALE; MYOPIA, DEGENERATIVE; PHENOTYPE; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM;

EID: 84861338329     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-301396     Document Type: Article

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