Hereditary blindness among Pingelapese people of Eastern Caroline Islands

Lancet. 1970 Jun 13;1(7659):1253-7. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(70)91740-x.
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MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Blindness / epidemiology
  • Blindness / genetics*
  • Cataract / epidemiology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Chromosome Aberrations
  • Chromosome Disorders
  • Color Vision Defects / epidemiology
  • Color Vision Defects / genetics*
  • Consanguinity
  • Environment
  • Female
  • Gene Frequency
  • Genes, Recessive
  • Genetics, Population*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Mass Screening
  • Micronesia
  • Middle Aged
  • Myopia / epidemiology
  • Nystagmus, Pathologic / epidemiology
  • Pedigree
  • Photoreceptor Cells / pathology
  • Racial Groups
  • Retinal Degeneration / epidemiology
  • Retinal Degeneration / pathology
  • Visual Acuity