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A decade in search of myopia genes.
Frontiers in bioscience (Landmark edition) - 1 Jan 2010
Jacobi Felix K, Pusch Carsten M
Abstract excerpt
Nearly half of visual impairment in the world is caused by uncorrected refractive errors, and myopia constitutes a significant proportion of this problem. Moreover, the prevalence of myopia is increasing, especially in Asian countries. Linkage studies have identified at least 18 possible loci (MYP) in 15 different chromosomes associated with myopia, although some of these remain to be confirmed. However, when...
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