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Confirmation of the adult-onset primary open angle glaucoma locus GLC1B at 2cen-q13 in an Australian family.
Ophthalmologica. Journal international d'ophtalmologie. International journal of ophthalmology. Zeitschrift fur Augenheilkunde - 1 Jan 2006
Charlesworth Jac C, Stankovich James M, Mackey David A, Craig Jamie E, Haybittel Michael, Westmore Rodney N, Sale Michèle M
Abstract excerpt
Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is genetically heterogeneous, with 6 named POAG loci GLC1A-F mapped and genes myocilin (MYOC) and optineurin (OPTN) identified at 2 of the loci. Using penetrance-model-free methods, we screened the POAG loci GLC1A-F in an extended Australian pedigree, using 3-5 markers within each locus. p values of less than 0.05 were obtained empirically using SimWalk2 and exactly using...
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