TGFBI mutational analysis in a New Zealand population of inherited corneal dystrophy patients

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 836-842

  Vincent, Andrea L ^a,b   De Karolyi, Betina ^a   Patel, Dipika V ^a,b   Wheeldon, Catherine E ^a,b   McGhee, Charles N J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DNA EXTRACTION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEW ZEALAND; PEDIGREE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AGED; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 77954261768     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.159632     Document Type: Article

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