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Comprehensive analysis of myocilin variants in east Indian POAG patients.
Molecular vision - 1 Jan 2012
Banerjee Deblina, Bhattacharjee Ashima, Ponda Archisman, Sen Abhijit, Ray Kunal
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Mutations in the myocilin gene (MYOC) account for 2%-4% of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) cases. To date, a limited number of Indian POAG patients have been analyzed for the contribution of the gene towards the disease pathogenesis. In this study we provided a comprehensive analysis of a total of 765 eastern Indian POAG patients. METHODS: In the present study 450 POAG patients and 208 ethnically...
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