Identification of a Potential Susceptibility Locus for Macular Telangiectasia Type 2

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Parmalee, Nancy L ^a   Schubert, Carl ^a   Figueroa, Maria ^d   Bird, Alan C ^e   Peto, Tunde ^e   Gillies, Mark C ^f   Bernstein, Paul S ^g   Kiryluk, Krzysztof ^a   Terwilliger, Joseph D ^a,b   Allikmets, Rando ^a,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b The EMMES Corporation ^*  (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

^e MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MACULAR TELANGIECTASIA TYPE 2; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; TELANGIECTASIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84865663823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024268     Document Type: Article

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