β-Defensin 1 haplotype associated with postoperative endophthalmitis

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 786-790

  Carter, James G ^a   West, Stephanie K ^b   Painter, Sally ^b   Haynes, Richard J ^b   Churchill, Amanda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

defensins; endophthalmitis; genetic; polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DEFENSINS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 78349282681     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01534.x     Document Type: Article

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