Genetic isolates in ophthalmic diseases

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 149-161

  Sherwin, Justin C ^a   Hewitt, Alex W ^a   Ruddle, Jonathan B ^a   Mackey, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complex disease; Founder effect; Glaucoma; Macular degeneration; Refractive error

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; CONSANGUINITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EYE DISEASE; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; HEREDITY; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MICROPHTHALMIA; MYOPIA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIMARY GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINOSCHISIS; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; STRABISMUS; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETICS; GLAUCOMA; RECESSIVE GENE; RETINA DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

CONSANGUINITY; EYE DISEASES; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETINAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 56149126920     PISSN: 13816810     EISSN: 17445094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13816810802334341     Document Type: Review

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