Prevalence and severity of fuchs corneal dystrophy in tangier island

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1067-1072

  Eghrari, Allen O ^a   McGlumphy, Elyse J ^a   Iliff, Benjamin W ^a   Wang, Jiangxia ^b   Emmert, David ^a   Riazuddin, S Amer ^a   Katsanis, Nicholas ^c   Gottsch, John D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRGINIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862808816     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2011.11.033     Document Type: Article

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