Cone and rod loss in stargardt disease revealed by adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscopy

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1198-1203

  Song, Hongxin ^a   Rossi, Ethan A ^a   Latchney, Lisa ^a,b   Bessette, Angela ^b   Stone, Edwin ^c,d   Hunter, Jennifer J ^e   Williams, David R ^a,e   Chung, Mina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCA4 GENE; ADAPTIVE OPTICS SCANNING LIGHT OPHTHALMOSCOPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA ROD; STARGARDT DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY; GENETICS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MUTATION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PROCEDURES;

ABC TRANSPORTER; ABCA4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MUTATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PEDIGREE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84943599935     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2015.2443     Document Type: Article

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