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Analyses of Sequence Variants in the MYOC Gene and of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the NR3C1 and FKBP5 Genes in Corticosteroid-Induced Ocular Hypertension.
Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Jan 2015
Hogewind Barend F, Micheal Shazia, Schoenmaker-Koller Frederieke E, Hoyng Carel B, den Hollander Anneke I
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BACKGROUND: To perform an independent replication study to determine whether genetic variants in MYOC, NR3C1 and FKBP5 are involved in steroid-induced ocular hypertension. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective case-control study was peformed on native Dutch patients who were treated with 4.0 mg intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (IVTA). The patients were divided into an intraocular hypertension group...
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