Association of TCF4 gene polymorphisms with Fuchs' corneal dystrophy in the Chinese

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 5573-5578

  Thalamuthu, Anbupalam ^a   Khor, Chiea Chuen ^a,b   Venkataraman, Divya ^c   Koh, Li Wei ^c   Tan, Donald T H ^c,d,e   Aung, Tin ^c,d,e   Mehta, Jodhbir S ^c,d,e,f   Vithana, Eranga N ^c,e  

^a GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TCF4 GENE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS;

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TCF4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 80053302726     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-7568     Document Type: Article

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