Article
Characterization of the ocular phenotype of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy.
Ophthalmology - 1 May 1994
Sigesmund D A, Weleber R G, Pillers D A, Westall C A, Panton C M, Powell B R, Héon E, Murphey W H, Musarella M A, Ray P N
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Dystrophin, the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene product, has been localized to the outer plexiform layer of normal human retina. The purpose of this study is to define completely the ocular phenotype associated with mutations at Xp21, the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene locus. METHODS:...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- Color Perception
- DNA
- Depth Perception
- Electroretinography
- Female
- Fundus Oculi
- Humans
- Light
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Muscular Dystrophies
- Phenotype
- Refractive Errors
- Retina
- Vision, Binocular