Association of common SIX6 polymorphisms with peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness: The Singapore chinese eye study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 478-483

  Cheng, Ching Yu ^a,b,c   Rand Allingham, R ^d   Aung, Tin ^a,c   Tham, Yih Chung ^a,c   Hauser, Michael A ^d,e   Vithana, Eranga N ^a,b   Khor, Chiea Chuen ^f   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Genetic association; Glaucoma; Retinal nerve fiver layer thickness; SIX6

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; SINE OCULIS HOMEOBOX 6 GENE; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; VERY ELDERLY;

DNA; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; SIX6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84921630181     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-15863     Document Type: Article

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