The genotype-phenotype controversy in ophthalmology. Implications of heterogeneity on diagnosis, embryology and molecular function.

doi:10.1034/j.1600-0420.1998.760102.x

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The genotype-phenotype controversy in ophthalmology. Implications of heterogeneity on diagnosis, embryology and molecular function.

Acta ophthalmologica Scandinavica - 1 Feb 1998

Warburg M

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Genetic heterogeneity in ophthalmology adds a new dimension to differential diagnosis and prognosis. The indispensable clinical classification is refined by molecular genetic strategies. They sometimes build up new families of diseases, sometimes indicate that what was thought to be aetiologicall...

Topics

Diagnosis, Differential
Eye
Eye Diseases
Genetic Heterogeneity
Genotype
Humans
Molecular Biology
Ophthalmology
Phenotype

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