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Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor 1 gene polymorphisms associated with high myopia.
Molecular vision - 4 Sept 2009
Lin Hui-Ju, Wan Lei, Tsai Yuhsin, Chen Wen-Chi, Tsai Shih-Wei, Tsai Fuu-Jen
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PURPOSE: Numerous studies, including those using animal models of myopia development and human clinical trials, have shown that the non-selective muscarinic antagonist atropine is effective in preventing the axial elongation that leads to myopia development. Among all of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs), mAChR 1 (M1) was the most effective in preventing myopic eye change. Our specific aim in this...
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