Candidate gene study to investigate the genetic determinants of normal variation in central corneal thickness

Molecular Vision

Volumn 16, Issue , 2010, Pages 562-569

  Dimasi, David P ^a   Burdon, Kathryn P ^a   Hewitt, Alex W ^b   Savarirayan, Ravi ^b   Healey, Paul R ^c   Mitchell, Paul ^c   Mackey, David A ^d   Craig, Jamie E ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 5; DECORIN; FIBRILLIN 1; KERATOCAN; LUMICAN; OSTEOGLYCIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; FIBRILLIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORNEA; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CORNEA; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 77952319012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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