The external limiting membrane in early–onset stargardt disease

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 6139-6149

  Lee, Winston ^a   Nõupuu, Kalev ^a,b   Oll, Maris ^a,b   Duncker, Tobias ^a   Burke, Tomas ^c   Zernant, Jana ^a   Bearelly, Srilaxmi ^a   Tsang, Stephen H ^a,d   Sparrow, Janet R ^a,d   Allikmets, Rando ^a,d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^c ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

ABCA4; External limiting membrane; M ller cell; Photoreceptor; Stargardt disease

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ABC TRANSPORTER A4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ABCA4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MUELLER CELL; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA FOVEA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; STARGARDT DISEASE; YOUNG ADULT; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; MACROGLIA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EPENDYMOGLIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908099170     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-15126     Document Type: Article

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