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No difference in genotype frequencies of polymorphisms of the nitric oxide pathway between Caucasian normal and high tension glaucoma patients.
Molecular vision - 1 Jan 2012
Weiss Johanna, Fränkl Stephan A, Flammer Josef, Grieshaber Matthias C, Hollo Gabor, Teuchner Barbara, Haefeli Walter Emil
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Substantial evidence suggests that ocular perfusion is regulated by nitric oxide (NO), and polymorphisms in genes encoding for enzymes involved in NO formation and degradation (endothelial nitric oxide synthase [NOS3] and cytochrome b-235 alpha polypeptide gene [CYBA]) might contribute to vascular dysregulation observed in glaucoma. We therefore assessed the association of glaucoma with polymorphisms of...
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