Clinical, radiologic, and genetic features in blepharophimosis, ptosis, and epicanthus inversus syndrome in the Indian population

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2985-2990

  Chawla, Bhavna ^a   Bhadange, Yogesh ^a   Dada, Rima ^b   Kumar, Manoj ^b   Sharma, Sanjay ^b   Bajaj, Mandeep S ^a   Pushker, Neelam ^a   Chandra, Mahesh ^a   Ghose, Supriyo ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

BPES; Clinical features; FOXL2 gene; Genetics; Indian

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; EPICANTHUS INVERSUS SYNDROME; EYE EXAMINATION; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; FOXL2 GENE; GENE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STRABISMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; EYELIDS; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MUTATION; ORBIT; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; STRABISMUS; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876861496     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-11794     Document Type: Article

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