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Lack of association of polymorphisms in homocysteine metabolism genes with pseudoexfoliation syndrome and glaucoma.
Molecular vision - 1 Jan 2008
Fan Bao Jian, Chen Teresa, Grosskreutz Cynthia, Pasquale Louis, Rhee Douglas, DelBono Elizabeth, Haines Jonathan L, Wiggs Janey L
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To evaluate genes involved in homocysteine metabolism as secondary risk factors for pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PXFS) and the associated glaucoma (PXFG). METHODS: One hundred eighty-six unrelated patients with PXFS, including 140 patients with PXFG and 127 unrelated control subjects were recruited from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. All the patients and controls were Caucasian of European...
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