Genome-wide meta-analysis of five asian cohorts identifies pdgfra as a susceptibility locus for corneal astigmatism

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Fan, Qiao ^a   Zhou, Xin ^a   Khor, Chiea Chuen ^a,b,c   Cheng, Ching Yu ^a,c   Goh, Liang Kee ^a,d,e   Sim, Xueling ^a   Tay, Wan Ting ^c   Li, Yi Ju ^f   OngRick, Rick Twee Hee ^a   Suo, Chen ^a   Cornes, Belinda ^c   Ikram, Mohammad Kamran ^a,c,d,g   Chia, Kee Seng ^a   Seielstad, Mark ^h   Liu, Jianjun ^b   Vithana, Eranga ^a,c   Young, Terri L ^f   Tai, E Shyong ^a   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,c,i   Aung, Tin ^a,c   Teo, Yik Ying ^a,b,c   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,c   more..

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^e DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASTIGMATISM; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PDGFRA GENE; POPULATION RISK; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ASIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORNEA DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFRACTION ERROR;

PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; ASTIGMATISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CORNEAL DISEASES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 84855281926     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002402     Document Type: Article

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