Common variant in myocilin gene is associated with high myopia in isolated population of Korčula Island, Croatia

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-22

  Vatavuk, Zoran ^a   Herman, Jelena Škunca ^a   Benčić, Goran ^a   Derk, Biljana Andrijević ^a   Lončar, Valentina Lacmanović ^a   Vicković, Ivanka Petric ^a   Bućan, Kajo ^b   Mandić, Krešimir ^c   Mandić, Antonija ^d   Škegro, Ivan ^a   Astaloš, Jasna Pavičić ^e   Merc, Ivana ^e   Martinović, Miljenka ^a   Kralj, Petra ^a   Knežević, Tamara ^a   Katja, Barać Juretić ^f   Zgaga, Lina ^g  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^c KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^d Health Polytechnic   (Croatia)

^e General Hospital Tomislav Bardek   (Croatia)

^f Institute of Public Health   (Croatia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; MYOCILIN; COLLAGEN TYPE I, ALPHA 1 CHAIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; TRABECULAR MESHWORK-INDUCED GLUCOCORTICOID RESPONSE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MALE; MYOPIA; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; COLLAGEN TYPE I; CROATIA; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67549085398     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2009.50.17     Document Type: Article

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