Common variants in chromosome 4q25 are associated with myopia in Chinese adults

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-73

  Gao, Yang ^a   Wang, Panfeng ^a   Li, Shiqiang ^a   Xiao, Xueshan ^a   Jia, Xiaoyun ^a   Guo, Xiangming ^a   Zhang, Qingjiong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

4q25; Association study; Chinese; Myopia; Replication; Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINA; CHROMOSOME 4; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPIA; RISK; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83455177000     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2011.00885.x     Document Type: Article

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