Molecular genetics of human myopia: an update

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2009, Pages E8-E22

  Young, Terri L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Association studies; Human molecular genetics; International Myopia Conference Sek jin Chew lecture; Mapping studies; Myopia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE MODEL; EDUCATION; EYE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYOPIA; RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 18P; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME XQ; CORNEA CURVATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE INFECTION; EYE REFRACTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GLAUCOMA; HERITABILITY; INHERITANCE; KERATOMETRY; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SCLERA; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANIMALS; CHILD; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EDUCATION; EYE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYOPIA; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS;

ASSOCIATION STUDIES; EVIDENCE DOCUMENTS; GENETIC LOCUS; GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN EYE; HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INTERNATIONAL MYOPIA CONFERENCE SEK-JIN CHEW LECTURE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYOPIA; REFRACTIVE POWER; SUSCEPTIBILITY GENES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCIES;

CHROMOSOMES; RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; MYOCILIN; SCATTER FACTOR;

EID: 59849091828     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: 15389235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181940655     Document Type: Article

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