Lack of association between LOXL1 gene polymorphisms and primary open angle Glaucoma in the Saudi Arabian population

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 130-133

  Abu Amero, Khaled K ^a   Osman, Essam A ^a   Azad, Mohammad T ^a   Allingham, R Rand ^b,c   Hauser, Michael A ^c   Al Obeidan, Saleh A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

LOXL1; Primary open angle glaucoma; Saudi arabs

Indexed keywords

LYSYL OXIDASE LIKE 1; PROTEIN LYSINE 6 OXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84862531965     PISSN: 13816810     EISSN: 17445094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13816810.2011.575430     Document Type: Article

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