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URINARY METABOLIC STUDIES IN HEREDITARY MACULAR DEGENERATION
Author(s) -
HOLMGREN G.,
NORDSTRÖM S.,
THORBURN W.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1974.tb00371.x
Subject(s) - macular degeneration , degeneration (medical) , urine , medicine , urinary system , aminoaciduria , family studies , hereditary diseases , ophthalmology , pathology , endocrinology , genetics , biology , disease
Urinary metabolic studies by means of high‐voltage paper electrophoresis (HVPE) and some qualitative chemical tests were performed in 40 patients in a family with hereditary macular degeneration and in 40 nonaffected members of the same family. No biochemical abnormalities were observed in the examined urine samples. The results are discussed with regard to earlier published reports of aminoaciduria in hereditary macular degeneration.