Genetics and clinical characteristics of keratoconus

Acta Dermatovenerologica Alpina, Pannonica et Adriatica

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 3-10

  Štabuc Šilih, Mirna ^a   Stražišar, Mojna ^b   Ravnik Glavač, Metka ^b   Hawlina, Marko ^a   Glavač, Damjan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Genetic factors; Keratoconus (KC); Polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 4;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COL4A3 GENE; COL4A4 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOD1 GENE; VSX1 GENE;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIGENS; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SLOVENIA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 77955811852     PISSN: 13184458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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