VSX1 gene variants are associated with keratoconus in unrelated Korean patients

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 842-849

  Mok, Jee Won ^a,b   Baek, Sun Jin ^a,b   Joo, Choun Ki ^a,b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

G160V mutation; Keratoconus; Korean; SNP; VSXI

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ELECTROPHORESIS; EXON; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL SYSTEM HOMEOBOX 1 GENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KOREA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 50249087421     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-008-0319-6     Document Type: Article

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