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Role of rs1533428 and rs12994401 in patients with Primary Open Angle Glaucoma in an European population.
Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Bachernegg Alexander, El-Shabrawi Yosuf, Weger Martin, Mossböck Georg
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Genetic factors have been shown to play a remarkable role in the pathophysiology of glaucoma. Recently, two polymorphisms (rs1533428 and rs12994401) on chromosome 2p were found to be strongly associated with POAG in an Afro-Caribbean population in Barbados, West Indies. As data with regard to the role of these polymorphisms in a Caucasian population are lacking, the present study was set to investigate a...
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