Association of Common Variants in TCF4 and PTPRG with Fuchs' Corneal Dystrophy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Lawrence C. M. Lau; Li Ma; Alvin L. Young; Shi Song Rong; Vishal Jhanji; Marten E. Brelen; Chi Pui Pang; Li Jia Chen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109142

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Association of Common Variants in TCF4 and PTPRG with Fuchs' Corneal Dystrophy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Lawrence C. M. Lau ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lawrence C. M. Lau, Li Ma

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Prince of Wales hospital, Hong Kong, China, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Li Ma ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lawrence C. M. Lau, Li Ma

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Alvin L. Young,

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Prince of Wales hospital, Hong Kong, China, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Shi Song Rong,

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Vishal Jhanji,

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Prince of Wales hospital, Hong Kong, China, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Marten E. Brelen,

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Prince of Wales hospital, Hong Kong, China, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Chi Pui Pang,

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Prince of Wales hospital, Hong Kong, China, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Li Jia Chen

* E-mail: lijia_chen@cuhk.edu.hk

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Prince of Wales hospital, Hong Kong, China, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Association of Common Variants in TCF4 and PTPRG with Fuchs' Corneal Dystrophy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Lawrence C. M. Lau,
Li Ma,
Alvin L. Young,
Shi Song Rong,
Vishal Jhanji,
Marten E. Brelen,
Chi Pui Pang,
Li Jia Chen

Published: October 9, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109142

About the Authors

Lawrence C. M. Lau

Contributed equally to this work with: Lawrence C. M. Lau, Li Ma

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Prince of Wales hospital, Hong Kong, China, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Li Ma

Contributed equally to this work with: Lawrence C. M. Lau, Li Ma

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Alvin L. Young

Shi Song Rong

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Vishal Jhanji

Marten E. Brelen

Chi Pui Pang

Li Jia Chen

* E-mail: lijia_chen@cuhk.edu.hk

Competing Interests

The authors have no proprietary or commercial interest in any materials discussed in this article.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LCML LM LJC. Analyzed the data: LCML LM SSR. Wrote the paper: ALY VJ MEB CPP LJC.

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