Common MFRP sequence variants are not associated with moderate to high hyperopia, isolated microphthalmia, and high myopia

Molecular Vision

Volumn 14, Issue , 2008, Pages 387-393

  Metlapally, Ravikanth ^a,b   Li, Yi Ju ^b   Tran Viet, Khanh Nhat ^b   Bulusu, Anuradha ^b   White, Tristan R ^b   Elis, Jaclyn ^b   Kao, Daniel ^b   Young, Terri L ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; MEMBRANE TYPE FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INTRON; MICROPHTHALMIA; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROPHTHALMOS; MUTATION; MYOPIA; PHENOTYPE; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 40749117606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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