Confirmation of the association between the TCF4 risk allele and Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy in patients from the Midwestern United States

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 32-34

  Stamler, John F ^a   Roos, Ben R ^a   Wagoner, Michael D ^a   Goins, Ken M ^a   Kitzmann, Anna S ^a   Riley, Janet B ^a   Stone, Edwin M ^a,b   Fingert, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Association Study; FECD; Genetics; TCF4

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; FUCHS ENDOTHELIAL CORNEAL DYSTROPHY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IOWA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84876047240     PISSN: 13816810     EISSN: 17445094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13816810.2012.726396     Document Type: Article

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