Mutational screening of VSX1 in keratoconus patients from the European population

Eye

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1085-1092

  Dash, D P ^a   George, S ^b   O'prey, D ^a   Burns, D ^b   Nabili, S ^b   Donnelly, U ^b   Hughes, A E ^a   Silvestri, G ^a,b   Jackson, J ^b   Frazer, D ^b   Heon E ^c   Willoughby, C E ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cornea; Keratoconus; Mutation; Polymorphism; VSX1

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EXON; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 77953556702     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2009.217     Document Type: Article

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