Polymorphisms of the homologous recombination gene rad51 in keratoconus and fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy

Disease Markers

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 353-362

  Synowiec, Ewelina ^a   Wojcik, Katarzyna A ^a   Izdebska, Justyna ^b   Binczyk, Ewelina ^b   Blasiak, Janusz ^a   Szaflik, Jerzy ^b   Szaflik, Jacek P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAD51 PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RAD51 RECOMBINASE;

EID: 84890419147     PISSN: 02780240     EISSN: 18758630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/851817     Document Type: Article

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