The association of membrane frizzled-related protein (MFRP) gene with acute angle-closure glaucoma - A pilot study

Molecular Vision

Volumn 14, Issue , 2008, Pages 1673-1679

  Wang, I Jong ^a   Lin, Shan ^b   Chiang, Ting Hsuan ^a   Chen, Zoe Tzu Yi ^a,c   Lim, Luke L K ^a   Hung, Por Tying ^a   Shih, Yung Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRIZZLED PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; MEMBRANE FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TAIWAN;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 51549111787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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