Sclera-related gene polymorphisms in high myopia

Molecular Vision

Volumn 15, Issue , 2009, Pages 1655-1663

  Lin, Hui Ju ^a,b   Wan, Lei ^a,b,c   Tsai, Yuhsin ^b   Liu, Su Ching ^a   Chen, Wen Chi ^a,b   Tsai, Shih Wei ^d   Tsai, Fuu Jen ^a,b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROMODULIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCLERA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEOGLYCANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCLERA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

EID: 69249216663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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