Evidence for keratoconus susceptibility locus on chromosome 14: A genome-wide linkage screen using single-nucleotide polymorphism markers

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1191-1195

  Liskova, Petra ^a,b,d   Hysi, Pirro G ^c   Waseem, Naushin ^a   Ebenezer, Neil D ^a   Bhattacharya, Shomi S ^a   Tuft, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 14; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957015775     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.200     Document Type: Article

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