Analysis of the SOD1 Gene in Keratoconus Patients from Saudi Arabia

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 373-375

  Al Muammar, Abdulrahman M ^a   Kalantan, Hatem ^a   Azad, Taif Anwar ^a   Sultan, Tahira ^a   Abu Amero, Khaled K ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Keratoconus; mutation; Saudi Arabia; SOD1 gene

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 21; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; ARAB; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ARABS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941235767     PISSN: 13816810     EISSN: 17445094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13816810.2014.889173     Document Type: Review

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