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Association analysis of retinoic acid receptor beta (RARbeta) gene with high myopia in Chinese subjects.
Molecular vision - 13 May 2010
Ding Yang, Chen Xiaoyan, Yan Dongsheng, Xue Anquan, Lu Fan, Qu Jia, Zhou Xiangtian
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PURPOSE: High myopia or pathological myopia is a common refractive error. Individuals with high myopia are subject to increased risk of serious eye complications. Accumulating evidence has demonstrated the role for heritability in ocular growth and in the development of high myopia. Retinoic acid and retinoic acid receptors play important roles in ocular development and in experimentally induced myopia. The...
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