A genomewide scan identifies novel early-onset primary open-angle glaucoma loci on 9q22 and 20p12

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1314-1320

  Wiggs, Janey L ^a   Lynch, S ^a   Ynagi, G ^a   Maselli, M ^a   Auguste, J ^a   Del Bono, E A ^a   Olson, L M ^b   Haines, J L ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOCILIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BLINDNESS; CHROMOSOME 20; CHROMOSOME 9; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 2442656776     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421533     Document Type: Article

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