Analysis of optineurin (OPTN) gene mutations in subjects with and without glaucoma: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 518-522

  Baird, Paul N ^a   Richardson, Andrea J ^a   Craig, Jamie E ^a,b   Mackey, David A ^a,c   Rochtchina, Elena ^d   Mitchell, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue Mountains Eye Study; Glaucoma; Optineurin

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; OPTINEURIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL STUDY; CODON; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEW SOUTH WALES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PREVALENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIIA;

EID: 8644259362     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2004.00886.x     Document Type: Article

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