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