A genome-wide association study of intra-ocular pressure suggests a novel association in the gene FAM125b in the TwinsUK cohort

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3343-3348

  Nag, Abhishek ^a   Venturini, Cristina ^b   Small, Kerrin S ^a   Young, Terri L ^c   Viswanathan, Ananth C ^b   Mackey, David A ^d   Hysi, Pirro G ^a   Hammond, Christopher ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EXON; FAM125B GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 9; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

MVB12B PROTEIN, HUMAN; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEIN;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GLAUCOMA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TWINS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84901372681     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddu050     Document Type: Article

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