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[Low penetrance of His26Asp mutation in the optineurin gene in a Japanese family with normal-tension glaucoma].
Nippon Ganka Gakkai zasshi - 1 Aug 2006
Yasuda Noriko, Nakamoto Kenji, Funayama Tomoyo, Mashima Yukihiko
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Three glaucoma genes have been identified in open-angle glaucoma(OAG). In this study, two of these genes were analyzed in Japanese patients with OAG. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: After informed consent was obtained, the myocilin gene and the optineurin gene were analyzed in 99 Japanese patients with OAG, including 49 cases of primary open-angle glaucoma(POAG) and 50 cases of normal-tension glaucoma(NTG). The...
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