Genetic association of refractive error and axial length with 15q14 but not 15q25 in the blue mountains eye study cohort

Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 292-297

  Schache, Maria ^a   Richardson, Andrea J ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^b   Wang, Jie Jin ^a,b   Rochtchina, Elena ^b   Viswanathan, Ananth C ^c   Wong, Tien Y ^a,d   Saw, Seang Mei ^e   Topouzis, Fotis ^f   Xie, Jing ^a   Sim, Xueling ^d   Holliday, Elizabeth G ^g,h   Attia, John ^g,h   Scott, Rodney J ^h,i,j   Baird, Paul N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^h HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^j JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CORNEA CURVATURE; ETHNICITY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AXIAL LENGTH, EYE; BIOMETRY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MYOPIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84873314251     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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