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MR ALEXANDER WILLIAM HEWITT



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Organization: Ophthalmology Eye and Ear Hospital
Position: Honorary (Fellow)

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Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Ancestral LOXL1 variants are associated with pseudoexfoliation in Caucasian Australians but with markedly lower penetrance than in Nordic people
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Human Molecular Genetics
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 710-716
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  • Genetic analysis of the clusterin gene in pseudoexfoliation syndrome
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Molecular Vision
    Volume: 14
    Page numbers: 1727-1736
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  • Genetic dissection of myopia: evidence for linkage of ocular axial length to chromosome 5q
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Ophthalmology
    Volume: 115
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1053-1057
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  • Genetic isolates in ophthalmic disease
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Ophthalmic Genetics
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 149-161
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  • Genetic isolates in ophthalmic diseases
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Ophthalmic Genetics
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 149-161
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  • Myocilin allele-specific glaucoma phenotype database
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Human Mutation
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 207-211
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  • The natural history of OPA1-related autosomal dominant optic atrophy
    Year: 2008
    Journal: British Journal of Ophthalmology
    Volume: 92
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 1333-1336
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Screening for glaucomatous disc changes prior to diagnosis of glaucoma in myocilin pedigrees.


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Archives of Ophthalmology
    Volume: 125
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 112-116
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  • Autosomal dominant optic atrophy:  penetrance and expressivity in patients with OPA1 mutations.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: American Journal of Ophthalmology
    Volume: 143
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 656-662
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  • Heritable features of the optic disc:  A novel twin method for determining genetic significance.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
    Volume: 48
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 2469-2475
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  • Myocilin Gly252Arg mutation and glaucoma of intermediate severity in caucasian individuals.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Archives of Ophthalmology
    Volume: 125
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 98-104
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  • PAX6 mutations may be associated with high myopia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Ophthalmic Genetics
    Volume: 28
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 179-182
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  • Prevalence of CYP1B1 mutations in Australian patients with primary congenital glaucoma
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Clinical Genetics
    Volume: 72
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 255-260
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  • The optic nerve head in Myocilin glaucoma.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
    Volume: 48
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 238-243
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • A Myocilin Gln368STOP homozygote does not exhibit a more severe glaucoma phenotype than heterozygous cases.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: American Journal of Ophthalmology
    Volume: 141
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 402-403
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  • A glaucoma case-control study of the WDR36 gene D658G sequence variant.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: American Journal of Ophthalmology
    Volume: 142
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 324-325
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  • Complex genetics of complex traits:  the case of primary open-angle glaucoma.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
    Volume: 34
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 472-484
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  • Disease severity of familial glaucoma compared with sporadic glaucoma.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Archives of Ophthalmology
    Volume: 124
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 950-954
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  • Familial transmission risks of infantile glaucoma in Australia.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Ophthalmic Genetics
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 93-97
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  • The role of the Met98Lys optineurin variant in inherited optic nerve diseases.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: British Journal of Ophthalmology
    Volume: 90
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1420-1424
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  • Tools for cup:disc ratio measurement
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
    Volume: 34
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 288-9
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Central Corneal Thickness Is Highly Heritable: The Twin Eye Studies
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
    Volume: 46
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 3718-3722
    Publisher: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Inc(Maryland)
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  • Genotypic and phenotypic spectrum of X-linked retinoschisis in Australia
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
    Volume: 33
    Page numbers: 233-239
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Lack of association of p53 polymorphisms and hapiotypes in high and normal tension open angle glaucoma
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Medical Genetics
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 1-4
    Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group(London)
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