Genome-wide association studies in the hunt for genes causing primary open-angle glaucoma: A review

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 358-363

  Burdon, Kathryn P ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endophenotype; Genetics; Primary open angle glaucoma; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

CAVEOLIN;

ADVANCED GLAUCOMA; ALLELE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 12; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EFFECT SIZE; ENDOPHENOTYPE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLAUCOMA; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTRON; JAPAN; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; NONHUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84862524591     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02744.x     Document Type: Review

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