Association between chromosome 2p16.3 variants and glaucoma in populations of African descent

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 15, 2010, Pages

  Liu, Yutao ^a   Qin, Xuejun ^a   Schmidt, Silke ^a   Allingham, R Rand ^a   Hauser, Michael A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLELE; CHROMOSOME 2P; CHROMOSOME 2P16.3; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; GHANA; HEALTH CENTER; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GHANA; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951035806     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913838107     Document Type: Letter

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