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Variation in optineurin (OPTN) allele frequencies between and within populations.
Molecular vision - 2 Feb 2007
Ayala-Lugo Rosa M, Pawar Hemant, Reed David M, Lichter Paul R, Moroi Sayoko E, Page Michael, Eadie James, Azocar Veronica, Maul Eugenio, Ntim-Amponsah Christine, Bromley William, Obeng-Nyarkoh Ebenezer, Johnson A Tim, Kijek Theresa Guckian, Downs Catherine A, Johnson Jenae M, Perez-Grossmann Rodolfo A, Guevara-Fujita Maria-Luisa, Fujita Ricardo, Wallace Margaret R, Richards Julia E
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To evaluate the extent to which mutations in the optineurin (OPTN) glaucoma gene play a role in glaucoma in different populations. METHODS: Case-controlled study of OPTN sequence variants in individuals with or without glaucoma in populations of different ancestral origins and evaluate previous OPTN reports. We analyzed 314 subjects with African, Asian, Caucasian and Hispanic ancestries included 229...
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