Mitochondrial DNA lineages of African origin confer susceptibility to primary open-angle glaucoma in saudi patients

Molecular Vision

Volumn 17, Issue , 2011, Pages 1468-1472

  Abu Amero, Khaled K ^a,c   González, Ana M ^b   Osman, Essam A ^a   Larruga, José M ^b   Cabrera, Vicente M ^b   Al Obeidan, Saleh A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AFRICAN; ARAB; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 79959248615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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