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Association study of 15q14 and 15q25 with high myopia in the Han Chinese population.
BMC genetics - 27 Apr 2014
Qiang Yu, Li Wenjin, Wang Qingzhong, He Kuanjun, Li Zhiqiang, Chen Jianhua, Song Zhijian, Qu Jia, Zhou Xiangtian, Qin Shengying, Shen Jiawei, Wen Zujia, Ji Jue, Shi Yongyong
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BACKGROUND: Refractive errors and high myopia are the most common ocular disorders, and both of them are leading causes of blindness in the world. Recently, genetic association studies in European and Japanese population identified that common genetic variations located in 15q14 and 15q25 were associated with high myopia. To validate whether the same variations conferred risk to high myopia in the Han Chinese...
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