Two-stage genome-wide linkage scan in keratoconus sib pair families

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3791-3795

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

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Mark Goodson Building 1102 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 27; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME 9; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME MAP; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HISPANIC; MALE; NEGRO; PEDIGREE;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE;

EID: 33749149463     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0214     Document Type: Article

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