Glaucoma in Costa Rica. Initial approaches

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 507-520

  Chavarría Soley, Gabriela ^a,b   Rautenstrauss, Bernd ^a   Azofeifa, Jorge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

CYP1B1; Genome scan; Glaucoma; Linkage analysis; OPTN; TIGR MYOC

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P 450 CYP1B1; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1B1; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MYOCILIN; TRABECULAR MESHWORK-INDUCED GLUCOCORTICOID RESPONSE PROTEIN; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; SHORT SURVEY;

ADULT; AGED; ARYL HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASES; COSTA RICA; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE;

EID: 21044440652     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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