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Myocilin mutations in black South Africans with POAG.
Molecular vision - 27 Apr 2011
Whigham Benjamin T, Williams Susan E I, Liu Yutao, Rautenbach Robyn M, Carmichael Trevor R, Wheeler Joshua, Ziskind Ari, Qin Xuejun, Schmidt Silke, Ramsay Michele, Hauser Michael A, Allingham R Rand
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Myocilin (MYOC) mutations are associated with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in multiple populations. Here we examined the role of MYOC mutations in a black South African population with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). METHODS: Unrelated black South African subjects with POAG and unaffected controls were recruited from the St. John Eye Hospital (Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa) and East London...
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