Genome-wide association analyses identify three new susceptibility loci for primary angle closure glaucoma

Nature Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1142-1146

  Vithana, Eranga N ^a,b   Khor, Chiea Chuen ^a,b,c,d   Qiao, Chunyan ^e   Nongpiur, Monisha E ^a,b   George, Ronnie ^f   Chen, Li Jia ^g   Do, Tan ^h   Abu Amero, Khaled ^i,j   Huang, Chor Kai ^k   Low, Sancy ^l   Tajudin, Liza Sharmini A ^m   Perera, Shamira A ^a   Cheng, Ching Yu ^a,b,d   Xu, Liang ^e   Jia, Hongyan ^e   Ho, Ching Lin ^a   Sim, Kar Seng ^c   Wu, Ren Yi ^a,n   Tham, Clement C Y ^g   Chew, Paul T K ^b   Su, Daniel H ^a   Oen, Francis T ^a   Sarangapani, Sripriya ^f   Soumittra, Nagaswamy ^f   Osman, Essam A ⁱ   Wong, Hon Tym ^o   Tang, Guangxian ^p   Fan, Sujie ^q   Meng, Hailin ^r   Huong, Dao T L ^h   Wang, Hua ^e   Feng, Bo ^e   Baskaran, Mani ^a   Shantha, Balekudaru ^f   Ramprasad, Vedam L ^f   Kumaramanickavel, Govindasamy ^f   Iyengar, Sudha K ^s   How, Alicia C ^a   Lee, Kelvin Y ^a   Sivakumaran, Theru A ^s   Yong, Victor H K ^a   Ting, Serena M L ^a   Li, Yang ^m   Wang, Ya Xing ^e   Tay, Wan Ting ^a   Sim, Xueling ^d   Lavanya, Raghavan ^a   Cornes, Belinda K ^a   Zheng, Ying Feng ^a,b   Wong, Tina T ^a   Loon, Seng Chee ^b   Yong, Vernon K Y ^o   Waseem, Naushin ^l   Yaakub, Azhany ^m   Chia, Kee Seng ^d   Rand Allingham, R ^t   Hauser, Michael A ^t   Lam, Dennis S C ^g   Hibberd, Martin L ^c,d   Bhattacharya, Shomi S ^l   Zhang, Mingzhi ^k   Teo, Yik Ying ^c,d   Tan, Donald T ^a,b   Jonas, Jost B ^u   Tai, E Shyong ^b,d,v   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,d   Hon, Do Nhu ^h   Al Obeidan, Saleh A ⁱ   Liu, Jianjun ^c,d   Chau, Tran Nguyen Bich ^w   Simmons, Cameron P ^w,x   Bei, Jin Xin ^y   Zeng, Yi Xin ^y,z   Foster, Paul J ^l   Vijaya, Lingam ^f   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b,d   Pang, Chi Pui ^g   Wang, Ningli ^e   Aung, Tin ^a,b   more..

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^c GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^g CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^h Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology   (Viet Nam)

ⁱ KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^l MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^m SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

ⁿ XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^o TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^p Xingtai Eye Hospital   (China)

^q Handan Eye Hospital   (China)

^r Anyang Eye Hospital   (China)

^s CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^u MEDICAL FACULTY MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^v DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^w OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^x UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^y SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^z PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 8Q; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COL11A1 GENE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PCMTD1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ST18 GENE;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLLAGEN TYPE XI; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN D-ASPARTATE-L-ISOASPARTATE METHYLTRANSFERASE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84866888701     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.2390     Document Type: Article

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