Hepatocyte Growth Factor and Retinal Arteriolar Diameter in Singapore Chinese

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 939-945

  Khor, Chiea C ^a,b   Fan, Qiao ^c   Goh, Liang Kee ^d   Wong, Tien Y ^c,e,f   Li, Yi Ju ^g,h   Cheung, Ning ^e,f   Seielstad, Mark ^b   Goh, Denise L M ^a,i,j   Young, Terri L ^d,g   Tai, E Shyong ^i,k   Saw, Seang Mei ⁱ  

^a AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^b GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^j NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^k SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCATTER FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MARKER GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA ARTERY; SINGAPORE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOLES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RETINAL ARTERY; SINGAPORE;

EID: 77951622840     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.09.055     Document Type: Article

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