Is the GSTM1 null polymorphism a risk factor for primary angle-closure glaucoma among Iranian population?

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 112-116

  Safa, Fatemeh Kazemi ^a   Shahsavari, Gholamreza ^b   Miraftabi, Arezou ^c  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Angle closure glaucoma; GSTM1; Iran; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T1; GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE T1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRANIAN PEOPLE; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RISK FACTOR; SLIT LAMP; TONOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; INCIDENCE; IRAN; PREVALENCE; RISK;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84923613022     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 17359694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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