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Genetic background and climatic droplet keratopathy incidence in a Mapuche population from Argentina.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Schurr Theodore G, Dulik Matthew C, Cafaro Thamara A, Suarez María F, Urrets-Zavalia Julio A, Serra Horacio M
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To determine whether the incidence of and susceptibility to climatic droplet keratopathy (CDK), an acquired, often bilateral degenerative corneal disease, is influenced by the genetic background of the individuals who exhibit the disorder. METHODS: To determine whether the disease expression was influenced by the genetic ancestry of CDK cases in native Mapuche of the northwest area of Patagonia in...
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