Prevalence of granular corneal dystrophy type 2 (avellino corneal dystrophy) in the korean population

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 160-165

  Lee, Jae Hwan ^a,b   Cristol, Stephen M ^c   Kim, Woon Cho ^d   Chung, Eui Sang ^e   Tchah, Hungwon ^f   Kim, Man Soo ^g   Nam, Chung Mo ^h   Cho, Hyun Soo ⁱ   Kim, Eung Kweon ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^f University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^g The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^h Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

ⁱ Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Avellino corneal dystrophy; Granular corneal dystrophy type 2; Korea; Mathematical model; Prevalence study

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; BETAIG-H3 PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GRANULAR CORNEAL DYSTROPHY TYPE 2; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POPULATION MODEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952268313     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286581003624939     Document Type: Article

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