The association of HLA with young-onset keratoconus in Japan

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 557-559

  Adachi, Wakako ^a   Mitsuishi, Yoko ^b   Terai, Kazuto ^a   Nakayama, Chisato ^a   Hyakutake, Yoko ^a   Yokoyama, Junko ^a   Mochida, Chikako ^a   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Louis Pasteur Center for Medical Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; JAPAN; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036204775     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(01)01368-X     Document Type: Article

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