An internet-based health survey on the co-morbidities of choroideremia patients

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 157-163

  Zhou, Qi ^a   Weis, Ekekiel ^b   Ye, Ming ^b   Benjaminy, Shelly ^b   MacDonald, Ian M ^b  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Choroideremia; Internet; Statins; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHOROIDEREMIA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOROIDEREMIA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873908149     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/opo.12023     Document Type: Article

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