Apolipoprotein E polymorphisms and primary glaucoma in Saudis

Molecular Vision

Volumn 15, Issue , 2009, Pages 912-919

  Al Dabbagh, Najwa Mohammed ^a   Al Dohayan, Nourah ^a   Arfin, Misbahul ^a   Tariq, Mohammad ^a  

^a The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATIENT CODING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADULT; AGED; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 65549098165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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