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Screening of CYP1B1 and LTBP2 genes in Saudi families with primary congenital glaucoma: genotype-phenotype correlation.
Molecular vision - 1 Jan 2011
Abu-Amero Khaled K, Osman Essam A, Mousa Ahmed, Wheeler Joshua, Whigham Benjamin, Allingham R Rand, Hauser Michael A, Al-Obeidan Saleh A
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PURPOSE: Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) is a severe form of glaucoma that presents early in life. PCG is a clinical and genetic entity that is distinct from juvenile forms of glaucoma. Inheritance is usually autosomal recessive and therefore the disease might be more common in societies where consanguinity is high. We studied the prevalence of cytochrome P450, family 1, subfamily B, polypeptide 1 (CYP1B1) and...
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