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Association of mitochondrial haplogroups H and R with keratoconus in Saudi Arabian patients.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 May 2014
Abu-Amero Khaled K, Azad Taif Anwar, Sultan Tahira, Kalantan Hatem, Kondkar Altaf A, Al-Muammar Abdulrahman M
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PURPOSE: Keratoconic corneas exhibit more mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) damage than do normal corneas and thus mtDNA may represent a potential candidate for genetic susceptibility studies in keratoconus. To test this hypothesis we determined mitochondrial haplogroups in Saudi patients with keratoconu...
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