Article
Molecular genetic analysis of optineurin gene for primary open-angle and normal tension glaucoma in the Japanese population.
Journal of glaucoma - 1 Aug 2004
Fuse Nobuo, Takahashi Kana, Akiyama Hiroshi, Nakazawa Toru, Seimiya Motohiko, Kuwahara Soichiro, Tamai Makoto
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To determine whether mutations in the optineurin (OPTN) gene are associated with the incidence of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and normal tension glaucoma (NTG) in the Japanese. METHODS: Eighty-nine unrelated Japanese patients with POAG and 65 unrelated patients with NTG were studied. Genomic DNA was extracted from leukocytes of the peripheral blood, and thirteen exons of the OPTN gene were...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
