Genetics of congenital cataract

Encyclopedia of the Eye, Four-Volume Set

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 211-216

  Shiels, A ^a   Hejtmancik, J F ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 0; Beaded filament structural proteins; Cataract; Childhood; Congenital; Connexin; Crystallin; Heat shock factor 4; Juvenile; Lens

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880143117     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374203-2.00037-3     Document Type: Chapter

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