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An investigation into LOXL1 variants in black South African individuals with exfoliation syndrome.
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) - 1 Feb 2011
Rautenbach Robyn M, Bardien Soraya, Harvey Justin, Ziskind Ari
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between 2 lysyl oxidase-like 1 (LOXL1) polymorphisms, rs1048661 (R141L) and rs3825942 (G153D), and exfoliation syndrome (XFS) in black South African individuals. METHODS: A total of 43 black patients with XFS and 47 ethnically matched controls were recruited for genetic analysis. Samples were analyzed for presence of the LOXL1-R141L and G153D variants using restriction...
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