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Analysis of LOXL1 polymorphisms in a United States population with pseudoexfoliation glaucoma.
Molecular vision - 29 Jan 2008
Challa Pratap, Schmidt Silke, Liu Yutao, Qin Xuejun, Vann Robin R, Gonzalez Pedro, Allingham R Rand, Hauser Michael A
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To identify if recently described LOXL1 (lysyl oxidase-like 1) polymorphisms are associated with pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (XFG) in a United States (U.S.) Caucasian patient population. METHODS: Individuals with XFG were identified using standard clinical examination techniques. TaqMan allelic discrimination assays were used to genotype 13 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that tag LOXL1 in...
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