Publication Date:
2014-09-24
Description:
Article Glaucoma is the most common cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Here, the authors carry out a large meta-analysis of genetic data from individuals of European and Asian ancestry and identify 10 new loci associated with vertical cup-disc ratio, a key factor in the clinical assessment of patients with glaucoma. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms5883 Authors: Henriët. Springelkamp, René Höhn, Aniket Mishra, Pirro G. Hysi, Chiea-Chuen Khor, Stephanie J. Loomis, Jessica N. Cooke Bailey, Jane Gibson, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Sarah F. Janssen, Xiaoyan Luo, Wishal D. Ramdas, Eranga Vithana, Monisha E. Nongpiur, Grant W. Montgomery, Liang Xu, Jenny E. Mountain, Puya Gharahkhani, Yi Lu, Najaf Amin, Lennart C. Karssen, Kar-Seng Sim, Elisabeth M. van Leeuwen, Adriana I. Iglesias, Virginie J. M. Verhoeven, Michael A. Hauser, Seng-Chee Loon, Dominiek D. G. Despriet, Abhishek Nag, Cristina Venturini, Paul G. Sanfilippo, Arne Schillert, Jae H. Kang, John Landers, Fridbert Jonasson, Angela J. Cree, Leonieke M. E. van Koolwijk, Fernando Rivadeneira, Emmanuelle Souzeau, Vesteinn Jonsson, Geeta Menon, Robert N. Weinreb, Paulus T. V. M. de Jong, Ben A. Oostra, André G. Uitterlinden, Albert Hofman, Sarah Ennis, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Kathryn P. Burdon, Timothy D. Spector, Alireza Mirshahi, Seang-Mei Saw, Johannes R. Vingerling, Yik-Ying Teo, Jonathan L. Haines, Roger C. W. Wolfs, Hans G. Lemij, E-Shyong Tai, Nomdo M. Jansonius, Jost B. Jonas, Ching-Yu Cheng, Tin Aung, Ananth C. Viswanathan, Caroline C. W. Klaver, Jamie E. Craig, Stuart Macgregor, David A. Mackey, Andrew J. Lotery, Kari Stefansson, Arthur A. B. Bergen, Terri L. Young, Janey L. Wiggs, Norbert Pfeiffer, Tien-Yin Wong, Louis R. Pasquale, Alex W. Hewitt, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Christopher J. Hammond
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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