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Endothelial nitric oxide synthase polymorphisms and susceptibility to high-tension primary open-angle glaucoma in an Egyptian cohort.
Molecular vision - 1 Jan 2014
Emam Wafaa A, Zidan Haidy E, Abdulhalim Bahaa-Eldin H, Dabour Sherif A, Ghali Manar A, Kamal Aliaa T
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To analyze the association of polymorphisms of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (NOS3) gene and nitric oxide (NO) levels with high-tension primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in an Egyptian population. METHODS: This case-control study included 160 patients who had high-tension POAG (76 men and 84 women; age range 41-75 years) and 110 controls (56 men and 54 women; age range 55-78 years). Genotyping...
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