Article
Recent advances in molecular genetics of glaucoma.
Molecular and cellular biochemistry - 1 Nov 2003
Ray Kunal, Mukhopadhyay Arijit, Acharya Moulinath
Abstract excerpt
Glaucoma represents a heterogeneous group of optic neuropathies, with different genetic bases. It can affect all ages generally with a rise in intra-ocular pressure. Three major types of glaucoma have been reported: primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), primary acute closed angle glaucoma (PACG) and primary congenital glaucoma (PCG), as well as a few others associated with developmental abnormalities. In recent...
Topics
- Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP1B1
- Cytoskeletal Proteins
- Eye
- Eye Proteins
- Genome, Human
- Glaucoma
- Glycoproteins
- Humans
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
