Cats: A gold mine for ophthalmology

Annual Review of Animal Biosciences

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 157-177

  Narfström, Kristina ^a,b   Deckman, Koren Holland ^c   Menotti Raymond, Marilyn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b RetVet KB   (Sweden)

^c GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^d FREDERICK NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

animal model; eye; hereditary disease; molecular genetics; therapy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CAT; CAT DISEASE; EYE; EYE DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; VETERINARY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; EYE; EYE DISEASES; EYE DISEASES, HEREDITARY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84905491226     PISSN: 21658102     EISSN: 21658110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-animal-031412-103629     Document Type: Article

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