The OPA1 Gene Polymorphism is Associated With Normal Tension and High Tension Glaucoma

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Mabuchi, Fumihiko ^a   Tang, Sa ^a   Kashiwagi, Kenji ^a   Yamagata, Zentaro ^a   Iijima, Hiroyuki ^a   Tsukahara, Shigeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; THYMINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GLAUCOMA; HIGH TENSION GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL TENSION GLAUCOMA; OPA1 GENE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTION ERROR;

EID: 33845496314     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.09.028     Document Type: Article

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