Exploring functional candidate genes for genetic association in german patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome and pseudoexfoliation glaucoma

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2796-2801

  Krumbiegel, Mandy ^a   Pasutto, Francesca ^a   Mardin, Christian Y ^a   Weisschuh, Nicole ^b   Paoli, Daniela ^c   Gramer, Eugen ^d   Zenkel, Matthias ^a   Weber, Bernhard H F ^e   Kruse, Friedrich E ^a   Schlötzer Schrehardt, Ursula ^a   Reis, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Reparto di Oftalmologia   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN CLU; PROTEIN FBN1; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE 2; PROTEIN LTBP2; PROTEIN MFAP2; RECOMBINANT TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CLU PROTEIN, HUMAN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; FIBRILLIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LATENT TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA BINDING PROTEIN; LTBP2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MICROFIBRILLAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; SCLEROPROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; GLAUCOMA; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION GLAUCOMA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; GENETICS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; CLUSTERIN; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; ITALY; LATENT TGF-BETA BINDING PROTEINS; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 66849093171     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2339     Document Type: Article

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