Genetics of primary glaucoma

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 347-355

  Khan, Arif O ^a  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

congenital glaucoma; CYP1B1; genetics; infantile glaucoma; juvenile glaucoma; MYOC; open angle glaucoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 1B1;

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; ECTOPIA LENTIS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ONSET AGE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PHENOTYPE; PRIMARY ADULT ONSET OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIMARY INFANTILE GLAUCOMA; PRIMARY JUVENILE OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WEILL MARCHESANI SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ARYL HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASES; CHILD; CONSANGUINITY; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LATENT TGF-BETA BINDING PROTEINS; MALE; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIIA;

EID: 80051801918     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: 15317021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e32834922d2     Document Type: Review

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