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The retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARA) gene is not associated with myopia, hypermetropia, and ocular biometric measures.
Molecular vision - 17 Jul 2009
Veerappan S, Schäche M, Pertile K K, Islam F M A, Chen C Y, Mitchell P, Dirani M, Baird P N
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The Retinoic Acid Receptor Alpha (RARA) gene is a potential candidate gene for myopia due to its differential expression in animal models during experimentally induced myopia. To test for whether RARA is associated with myopia we have undertaken a case-control study assessing for associations between RARA and myopia, hypermetropia, and ocular biometric measures. METHODS: A total of 802 Anglo-Celtic...
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