Genetic variants on chromosome 1q41 influence ocular axial length and high myopia.

Genetic variants on chromosome 1q41 influence ocular axial length and high myopia.

As one of the leading causes of visual impairment and blindness, myopia poses a significant public health burden in Asia. The primary determinant of myopia is an elongated ocular axial length (AL). Here we report a meta-analysis of three genome-wide association studies on AL conducted in 1,860 Chine...

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Main Authors: Qiao Fan, Veluchamy A Barathi, Ching-Yu Cheng, Xin Zhou, Akira Meguro, Isao Nakata, Chiea-Chuen Khor, Liang-Kee Goh, Yi-Ju Li, Wan'e Lim, Candice E H Ho, Felicia Hawthorne, Yingfeng Zheng, Daniel Chua, Hidetoshi Inoko, Kenji Yamashiro, Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, Keitaro Matsuo, Fumihiko Matsuda, Eranga Vithana, Mark Seielstad, Nobuhisa Mizuki, Roger W Beuerman, E-Shyong Tai, Nagahisa Yoshimura, Tin Aung, Terri L Young, Tien-Yin Wong, Yik-Ying Teo, Seang-Mei Saw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3369958?pdf=render

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