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Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene variants and primary open-angle glaucoma: interactions with sex and postmenopausal hormone use.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Feb 2010
Kang Jae Hee, Wiggs Janey L, Rosner Bernard A, Hankinson Susan E, Abdrabou Wael, Fan Bao Jian, Haines Jonathan, Pasquale Louis R
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PURPOSE: To evaluate the association between the nitric oxide synthase gene (NOS3) variants and primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). METHODS: Two functional single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (T-786C: rs2070744; Glu298Asp: rs1799983) and three tagging SNPs (rs7830, rs3918188, and rs1800779) were evaluated in a nested case-control study from the Nurses' Health Study (1980-2002) and the Health Professionals'...
