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Analysis of catalase SNP rs1001179 in Saudi patients with primary open angle glaucoma.
Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Dec 2013
Abu-Amero Khaled K, Kondkar Altaf A, Mousa Ahmed, Osman Essam A, Al-Obeidan Saleh A
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To investigate whether the g.4760C > T mutation in the catalase gene (CAT) is a risk factor for primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) in the Saudi population. METHODS: A cohort of 225 unrelated POAG patients and 403 unrelated control subjects from Saudi Arabia were genotyped for a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP; rs1001179; g.4760C > T) in the CAT gene utilizing Taq-Man® assay. The association between...
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