Polymorphisms in OPA1 are associated with normal tension glaucoma

Molecular Vision

Volumn 9, Issue , 2003, Pages 460-464

  Powell, Brenda L ^a   Toomes, Carmel ^b   Scott, Sheila ^b   Yeung, Anna ^a   Marchbank, Nicola J ^b   Spry, Paul G D ^a   Lumb, Rosemary ^a   Inglehearn, Christopher F ^b   Churchill, Amanda J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN OPA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT OPTIC ATROPHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; GLAUCOMA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKER GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0346039157     PISSN: 10900535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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