Genome-wide association study identifies three novel loci in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Afshari, Natalie A ^a   Igo, Robert P ^b   Morris, Nathan J ^b   Stambolian, Dwight ^c   Sharma, Shiwani ^d   Pulagam, V Lakshmi ^b   Dunn, Steven ^e   Stamler, John F ^f   Truitt, Barbara J ^b   Rimmler, Jacqueline ^g   Kuot, Abraham ^d   Croasdale, Christopher R ^h   Qin, Xuejun ^g   Burdon, Kathryn P ^d,i   Riazuddin, S Amer ^j   Mills, Richard ^d   Klebe, Sonja ^d   Minear, Mollie A ^g   Zhao, Jiagang ^a   Balajonda, Elmer ^g   Rosenwasser, George O ^k   Baratz, Keith H ^l   Mootha, V Vinod ^m   Patel, Sanjay V ^l   Gregory, Simon G ^g   Bailey Wilson, Joan E ⁿ   Price, Marianne O ^o   Price, Francis W ^o   Craig, Jamie E ^d   Fingert, John H ^f   Gottsch, John D ^j   Aldave, Anthony J ^p   Klintworth, Gordon K ^g,q   Lass, Jonathan H ^b   Li, Yi Ju ^g,q   Iyengar, Sudha K ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Michigan Cornea Consultants   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h Davis Duehr Dean Clinic   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^j JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k Central Pennsylvania Eye Institute   (United States)

^l MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^o PRICE VISION GROUP   (United States)

^p JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^q DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; ETIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HERITABILITY; META-ANALYSIS; PATHOGENICITY; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR;

FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 85016619002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14898     Document Type: Article

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