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Analysis of LOXL1 polymorphisms in a Saudi Arabian population with pseudoexfoliation glaucoma.
Molecular vision - 16 Dec 2010
Abu-Amero Khaled K, Osman Essam A, Dewedar Ahmed S, Schmidt Silke, Allingham R Rand, Al-Obeidan Saleh A
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To investigate whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the lysyl oxidase-like 1 (LOXL1) gene are associated with pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (PEG) in the Saudi Arabian population. METHODS: The coding regions of LOXL1 were fully sequenced in 93 clinically diagnosed PEG patients and 101 healthy controls. Both groups were Saudi Arabs. Previously reported and newly identified SNPs were evaluated for...
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