A catalase promoter variant rs1001179 is associated with visual acuity but not with primary angle closure glaucoma in Saudi patients

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Abu Amero, Khaled K ^a,b   Azad, Taif Anwar ^a   Mousa, Ahmed ^a   Osman, Essam A ^a   Sultan, Tahira ^a   Al Obeidan, Saleh A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalase; PACG; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

CATALASE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIMARY GLAUCOMA; PROMOTER REGION; SAUDI ARABIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; AGED; ALLELE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATALASE; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84883662182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-14-84     Document Type: Article

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