The role of mitochondrial haplogroups in glaucoma: A study in an Arab population

Molecular Vision

Volumn 14, Issue , 2008, Pages 518-522

  Abu Amero, Khaled K ^a,d   Morales, Jose ^b   Bosley, Thomas M ^b,e   Mohamed, Gamal H ^a   Cabrera, Vicente M ^c  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^d Shafallah Medical Genetics Center   (Qatar)

^e Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ARABS; COHORT STUDIES; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IRAN; MITOCHONDRIA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 41749115741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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