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Analysis of the quantitative dermatoglyphic traits of the digito-palmar complex in patients with primary open angle glaucoma.
Collegium antropologicum - 1 Dec 2005
Novak-Laus Katia, Milicić Jasna, Tedeschi-Reiner Eugenia, Iveković Renata, Mijić Vesna, Masnec-Paskvalin Sanja, Zrinsćak Ognjen, Mandić Zdravko
Abstract excerpt
Patient with primary open angle glaucoma (PAOG), which is known to have a genetic predisposition, and their immediate relatives unaffected with PAOG, may have some changes in dermatoglyphic traits of the digito-palmar complex, since the trabecular meshwork develops at the same time and with the same hereditary base like dermatoglyphs, which have high genetic transmission. The objective of this study is to...
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