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Analysis of rare variants and common haplotypes in the optineurin gene in Swedish glaucoma cases.
Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Jun 2005
Jansson Mattias, Wadelius Claes, Rezaie Tayebeh, Sarfarazi Mansoor
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness in the world, is characterized by neuropathy of the retinal ganglion cells and the optic nerve. Recently, sequence alterations in the optineurin gene were shown to be associated with the disease in families with primarily normal tension glaucoma. METHODS: In the present study, 200 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma, 200 patients with exfoliative glaucoma,...
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