Jabeen, F: Inheritance of Congenital Blindness

This book provides a balanced and up-to-date knowledge of different kinds of congenital blindness at family level describing the epidemiological and molecular approaches. It includes: . A detailed account of linkage analysis and consanguinity in Pakistani population . The detailed structure of human eye including retina, retinal organization and retinal diseases . Different categories of inherited retinal diseases . Epidemiology of childhood blindness . Estimated magnitude of childhood blindness by region . Genes causing retinal diseases . Influence of parental consanguinity on the inheritance of ocular disorders . Inheritance patterns of the diseases in Pakistani consanguineous families . Non-biological factors like economic status and levels of education . Prevalence of congenital blindness in different castes . A base line information regarding the development of eye disorders in consanguineous families at molecular level