Insights into keratoconus from a genetic perspective

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 146-154

  Burdon, Kathryn P ^a   Vincent, Andrea L ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cornea; Genetics; Keratoconus

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DOCK9 PROTEIN, HUMAN; EYE PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MICRORNA; MIRN184 MICRORNA, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VSX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ZEB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

APOPTOSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

APOPTOSIS; COLLAGEN; EYE PROTEINS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MICRORNAS; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84877921331     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cxo.12024     Document Type: Review

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