Common mechanisms underlying refractive error identified in functional analysis of gene lists from genome-wide association study results in 2 European British cohorts

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 50-56

  Hysi, Pirro G ^a   Mahroo, Omar A ^a,b   Cumberland, Phillippa ^c   Wojciechowski, Robert ^d   Williams, Katie M ^a   Young, Terri L ^e   Mackey, David A ^f   Rahi, Jugnoo S ^c   Hammond, Christopher J ^a   Wiggs, Janey L ^g  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CATION TRANSPORT; CELL ADHESION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

CALCIUM; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84892777860     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.6022     Document Type: Article

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