Genomewide linkage scan in a multigeneration Caucasian pedigree identifies a novel locus for keratoconus on chromosome 5q14.3-q21.1

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 397-405

  Tang, Yongming G ^a   Rabinowitz, Yaron S ^a   Taylor, Kent D ^a,b   Li, Xiaohui ^a   Hu, Mingshu ^a   Picornell, Yoana ^a   Yang, Huiying ^a,b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene mapping; Genomewide scan; Haplotype; Keratoconus; Linkage

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AUTOSOME; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MULTIPOINT LINKAGE ANALYSIS; PEDIGREE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PENETRANCE;

EID: 23744433964     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.GIM.0000170772.41860.54     Document Type: Article

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