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Association of insulin-like growth factor-1 polymorphisms with high myopia in the Chinese population.
Molecular vision - 1 Jan 2012
Zhuang Wenjuan, Yang Peizeng, Li Zili, Sheng Xunlun, Zhao Jingjing, Li Shanshan, Yang Xueqiu, Xiang Wei, Rong Weining, Liu Yani, Zhang Fangxia
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether genetic variants in the insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) gene were associated with high myopia in the Chinese population. METHODS: A case-control association study of 421 unrelated Chinese patients with high myopia and 401 control subjects matched in ethnicity and gender was undertaken. Genomic DNA was prepared from peripheral blood. All individuals...
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