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Polymorphisms in the myocilin promoter unrelated to the risk and severity of primary open-angle glaucoma.
Journal of glaucoma - 1 Oct 2004
Fan Bao-Jian, Leung Yuk-Fai, Pang Chi-Pui, Fan Dorothy S P, Wang Dan-Yi, Tong Wing-Chiu, Tam Pancy O S, Chua John K H, Lau Tung-Ching, Lam Dennis S C
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To investigate the proximal 2.5 kb promoter in the myocilin (MYOC) gene for mutations in Chinese patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). PATIENTS AND METHODS: We screened for sequence alterations in the MYOC promoter in 88 unrelated Chinese patients with POAG and 94 unrelated individuals without glaucoma, aged 50 years or above, as control subjects. In addition, the specific MYOC.mt1...
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