Gln368STOP myocilin mutation in families with late-onset primary open- angle glaucoma

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2288-2295

  Allingham, R Rand ^a,e   Wiggs, Janey L ^b   De La Paz, Monica A ^a   Vollrath, Doug ^c   Tallett, Deidre A ^a   Broomer, Bob ^a   Jones, Katherine H ^a   Del Bono, Elizabeth A ^b   Kern, Jeremy ^b   Patterson, Kara ^b   Haines, Jonathan L ^d   Pericak Vance, Margaret A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTEIN; MYOSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONSENSE MUTATION; ONSET AGE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CODON, TERMINATOR; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 17144439117     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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