Prevalence of myocilin gene mutations in a novel UK cohort of POAG patients

Eye

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 328-333

  Ennis, S ^a   Gibson, J ^a   Griffiths, H ^a   Bunyan, D ^b   Cree, A J ^a   Robinson, D ^b   Self, J ^a,c   MacLeod, A ^c   Lotery, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort; Glaucoma; Myocilin; POAG

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYSTEINE; MYOCILIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYOPIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRABECULECTOMY; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 77049091589     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2009.73     Document Type: Article

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