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Digenic inheritance of early-onset glaucoma: CYP1B1, a potential modifier gene.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Feb 2002
Vincent Andrea L, Billingsley Gail, Buys Yvonne, Levin Alex V, Priston Megan, Trope Graham, Williams-Lyn Donna, Héon Elise
Abstract excerpt
"Early-onset glaucoma" refers to genetically heterogeneous conditions for which glaucoma manifests at age 5-40 years and for which only a small subset is molecularly characterized. We studied the role of MYOC, CYP1B1, and PITX2 in a population (n=60) affected with juvenile or early-onset glaucoma from the greater Toronto area. By a combination of single-strand conformation polymorphism and direct cycle...
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