A genome-wide association study of central corneal thickness in Latinos

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2435-2443

  Gao, Xiaoyi ^a,e   Gauderman, W James ^a   Liu, Yutao ^b,c   Marjoram, Paul ^a   Torres, Mina ^a   Haritunians, Talin ^d   Kuo, Jane Z ^d   Chen, Yii Der I ^d   Allingham, R Rand ^c   Hauser, Michael A ^b,c   Taylor, Kent D ^d   Rotter, Jerome I ^d   Varma, Rohit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; GWAS; Latino; rs3118515, LOC100506532

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CHROMOSOME 9; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; COLLAGEN TYPE V; CORNEA; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84875964330     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-11692     Document Type: Article

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