Collagen-related genes influence the glaucoma risk factor, central corneal thickness

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 649-658

  Vithana, Eranga N ^a,c   Aung, Tin ^a,b,c   Khor, Chiea Chuen ^e,f   Cornes, Belinda K ^a   Tay, Wan Ting ^a   Sim, Xueling ^f   Lavanya, Raghavan ^a   Wu, Renyi ^a   Zheng, Yingfeng ^a   Hibberd, Martin L ^e   Chia, Kee Seng ^c,f   Seielstad, Mark ^g   Goh, Liang Kee ^h   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,c,f   Tai, E Shyong ^c,d,f   Wong, Tien Y ^a,c,i  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

^e GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CORNEA THICKNESS; ETHNICITY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE VIII; CORNEA; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 78751693747     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq511     Document Type: Article

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