Association of a single nucleotide polymorphism in the TIGR/MYOCILIN gene promoter with the severity of primary open-angle glaucoma

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 220-225

  Colomb, E ^a   Nguyen, T D ^b   Bechetoille A ^c   Dascotte, J C ^d   Valtot, F ^e   Brezin A P ^e   Berkani, M ^f   Copin, B ^a   Gomez, L ^a   Polansky, J R ^b   Garchon, H J ^a,g  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e CHU Cochin ^*  (France)

^f SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

^g HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Genetics; Glaucoma; Myocilin; Ocular hypertension; Promoter; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; MYOCILIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ALLELES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034769119     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2001.600308.x     Document Type: Article

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