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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"night blindness"”.
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Functional analysis of A 5' untranslated variant in rhodopsin : implications for the retinitis pigmentosa phenotype
… affect rod photoreceptor cells. Symptoms include night blindness and gradual peripheral vision loss, which progresses to a complete loss of vision. Clinical, phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity are frequently observed in RP. Mutations in Rhodopsin (RHO) have been identified as a major cause of …
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RATE-LIMITING STEP OF CONE PHOTOTRANSDUCTION RECOVERY AND OGUCHI DISEASE MECHANISMS
… rod photoreceptors are responsible for day and night vision, respectively. Understanding rod and cone phototransduction is to figure out how these cells differ in their temporal and spatial sensitivities to allow perception of a broad dynamic range of stimuli. Phototransduction is mediated …
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The Civil War Diet
The soldier's diet in the Civil War has been known as poor, and a number of illnesses and disorders have been associated with it. However, a nutritional analysis placed within the context of mid-nineteenth century American nutrition has been lacking. Such an approach makes clear the connection …
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Untersuchungen zu den genetischen Ursachen hereditärer Netzhautdegenerationen des Menschen
Die Positionsklonierung hat sich als erfolgreiche Strategie zur Identifizierung und Isolierung von Genen erwiesen. Da ihre Anwendung im Allgemeinen keine Informationen über den zugrundeliegenden Pathomechanismus einer Erkrankung voraussetzt, eignen sich die Methoden der Positionsklonierung in …