Absence of pathogenic mutations in VSX1 and SOD1 genes in patients with keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172-176

  Štabuc Šilih, Mirna ^a   Stražišar, Mojca ^b   Hawlina, Marko ^a   Glavač, Damjan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Hereditary; Keratoconus; Mutation detection; Polymorphism; SOD1; Sporadic; VSX1

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VSX1 PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLOVENIA;

ADULT; AGED; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649176897     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181aebf7a     Document Type: Article

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