Advances in the genomics of common eye diseases

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue R1, 2013, Pages

  Bailey, Jessica N Cooke ^a   Sobrin, Lucia ^b   Pericak Vance, Margaret A ^c   Haines, Jonathan L ^a   Hammond, Christopher J ^d   Wiggs, Janey L ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36; ELASTIN; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; PLECKSTRIN; RETINOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 8Q; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOMICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ION TRANSPORT; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION;

ANIMALS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MYOPIA; RISK FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884787010     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt396     Document Type: Article

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