OPA1 increases the risk of normal but not high tension glaucoma

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-125

  Yu Wai Man, P ^a,b   Stewart, J D ^a   Hudson, G ^a   Andrews, R M ^c   Griffiths, P G ^b   Birch, M K ^b   Chinnery, P F ^a,d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT OPTIC ATROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GLAUCOMA; HIGH TENSION GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL TENSION GLAUCOMA; OPA1 GENE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK CUP; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTRONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 77349113820     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: 14686244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2009.067512     Document Type: Article

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