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Mutations in SCO2 are associated with autosomal-dominant high-grade myopia.
American journal of human genetics - 2 May 2013
Tran-Viet Khanh-Nhat, Powell Caldwell, Barathi Veluchamy A, Klemm Thomas, Maurer-Stroh Sebastian, Limviphuvadh Vachiranee, Soler Vincent, Ho Candice, Yanovitch Tammy, Schneider Georg, Li Yi-Ju, Nading Erica, Metlapally Ravikanth, Saw Seang-Mei, Goh Liang, Rozen Steve, Young Terri L
Abstract excerpt
Myopia, or near-sightedness, is an ocular refractive error of unfocused image quality in front of the retinal plane. Individuals with high-grade myopia (dioptric power greater than -6.00) are predisposed to ocular morbidities such as glaucoma, retinal detachment, and myopic maculopathy. Nonsyndro...
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