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The Cell and Molecular Biology of Complex Forms of Glaucoma: Updates on Genetic, Environmental, and Epigenetic Risk Factors
3 May 2012
Abstract excerpt
Glaucoma is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disease. First-degree relatives of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) patients have a disease prevalence that is between 4 and 10 times higher than that of the general population, 1–3 and there is a higher disease concordance in monozygotic twins than in dizygotic twins. 4,5 These studies indicate the significant heritability of POAG; however, a simple mode...
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