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MUC1 and estrogen receptor alpha gene polymorphisms in dry eye patients.
Experimental eye research - 1 Mar 2009
Imbert Yoannis, Foulks Gary N, Brennan Mark D, Jumblatt Marcia M, John George, Shah Hassan A, Newton Catherine, Pouranfar Farzan, Young William W
Abstract excerpt
Dry eye syndrome is a collection of common disorders of multifactorial etiology. Although the epidemiology of dry eye has been well studied, reports of genetic patterns that might influence susceptibility to dry eye are few. We reported that the frequency of non-Sjögren's aqueous-deficient dry eye patients expressing only the MUC1/A splice variant of the mucin MUC1 may be lower than that of a normal control group...
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