Retinal structure and function in achromatopsia: Implications for gene therapy

Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 234-245

  Sundaram, Venki ^a,b   Wilde, Caroline ^a   Aboshiha, Jonathan ^a,b   Cowing, Jill ^a   Han, Colin ^c   Langlo, Christopher S ^c   Chana, Ravinder ^a,b   Davidson, Alice E ^a,b   Sergouniotis, Panagiotis I ^a   Bainbridge, James W ^a,b   Ali, Robin R ^a   Dubra, Alfredo ^c   Rubin, Gary ^a   Webster, Andrew R ^a,b   Moore, Anthony T ^a,b   Nardini, Marko ^a   Carroll, Joseph ^c   Michaelides, Michel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CNGA3 GENE; CNGB3 GENE; COLOR BLINDNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; GNAT2 GENE; HUMAN; MALE; PDE6C GENE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GYRATE ATROPHY; RETINAL THICKNESS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASES, TYPE 6; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC THERAPY; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891626222     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.08.017     Document Type: Article

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