Little evidence for association of the glaucoma gene MYOC with open-angle glaucoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 639-642

  Sohn, Seongsoo ^a   Hur, Wonhee ^a,b   Choi, Young Ran ^a   Chung, Yun Shin ^a   Ki, Chang Seok ^c   Kee, Changwon ^a  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; FLAREX; FLUOROMETHOLONE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; RIMEXOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG POTENCY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INDUCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 77952193044     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.158261     Document Type: Article

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