Grant: CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
Primary Recipient
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
Amount
$641,218.00
Award Date
9/01/2009
Administering Agency
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health
CDFA Number
93.701
CDFA Program Title
Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support
Description
The purpose of this grant is to identify susceptibility genes involved in the pathogenesis of keratoconus (KC). We will achieve our goal by: 1) refining criteria for the early detection of KC using videokeratography and wavefront Zernike variables; 2) com