Ocular genetic disease in the Middle East

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 369-378

  Khan, Arif O ^a,b  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

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

Author keywords

Autosomal recessive; Homozygosity; Middle East; Ocular genetics

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTANETRIOL 26 MONOOXYGENASE; CYTOCHROME P450 1B1;

CATARACT; EYE DISEASE; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GLAUCOMA; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MICROPHTHALMIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE GENE; RETINA DYSTROPHY; REVIEW; TELECANTHUS; WEILL MARCHESANI SYNDROME;

CONSANGUINITY; EYE DISEASES, HEREDITARY; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC TESTING; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; MUTATION;

EID: 84883457336     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: 15317021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3283638374     Document Type: Review

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