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Tumor necrosis factor alpha-308 gene polymorphism and pseudoexfoliation glaucoma.
Molecular vision - 1 Jan 2008
Tekeli Oya, Turacli M Erol, Egin Yonca, Akar Nejat, Elhan Atilla Halil
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PURPOSE: To investigate the possible association between tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha)-308 G/A polymorphism and pseudoexfoliation (PEX) glaucoma. METHODS: One hundred and ten Turkish PEX glaucoma patients and 110 healthy control subjects were enrolled in the study. All participants underwent a complete ophthalmic examination. TNF-alpha-308 was genotyped by polymerase chain reaction and restriction...
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