A Genome-Wide Association Analysis Identified a Novel Susceptible Locus for Pathological Myopia at 11q24.1

Hideo Nakanishi; Ryo Yamada; Norimoto Gotoh; Hisako Hayashi; Kenji Yamashiro; Noriaki Shimada; Kyoko Ohno-Matsui; Manabu Mochizuki; Masaaki Saito; Tomohiro Iida; Keitaro Matsuo; Kazuo Tajima; Nagahisa Yoshimura; Fumihiko Matsuda

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000660

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A Genome-Wide Association Analysis Identified a Novel Susceptible Locus for Pathological Myopia at 11q24.1

Hideo Nakanishi,

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, Center for Genomic Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Ryo Yamada,

Affiliations Center for Genomic Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Norimoto Gotoh,

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, Center for Genomic Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Hisako Hayashi,

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, Center for Genomic Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Kenji Yamashiro,

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Noriaki Shimada,

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Kyoko Ohno-Matsui,

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Manabu Mochizuki,

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Masaaki Saito,

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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Tomohiro Iida,

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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Keitaro Matsuo,

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
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Kazuo Tajima,

Affiliation Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
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Nagahisa Yoshimura ,

* E-mail: nagaeye@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp (NY); fumi@genome.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp (FM)

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Fumihiko Matsuda

* E-mail: nagaeye@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp (NY); fumi@genome.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp (FM)

Affiliations Center for Genomic Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, CEA/Institute de Genomique, Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France
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A Genome-Wide Association Analysis Identified a Novel Susceptible Locus for Pathological Myopia at 11q24.1

Hideo Nakanishi,
Ryo Yamada,
Norimoto Gotoh,
Hisako Hayashi,
Kenji Yamashiro,
Noriaki Shimada,
Kyoko Ohno-Matsui,
Manabu Mochizuki,
Masaaki Saito,
Tomohiro Iida

Published: September 25, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000660

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