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The association between Japanese primary open-angle glaucoma and normal tension glaucoma patients and the optineurin gene.
Human genetics - 1 Aug 2003
Tang Sa, Toda Yoshiki, Kashiwagi Kenji, Mabuchi Fumihiko, Iijima Hiroyuki, Tsukahara Shigeo, Yamagata Zentaro
Abstract excerpt
Glaucoma represents one of the most common eye diseases and is characterized by progressive loss of visual fields. In the more advanced stages bilateral blindness may result, due to optic nerve atrophy and an excavated optic nerve head. Open-angle glaucoma is one of the main disease subsets, whic...
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