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Prospects for gene-environment interactions in exfoliation syndrome.
Journal of glaucoma - 1 Jan 2000
Pasquale Louis R, Kang Jae H, Wiggs Janey L
Abstract excerpt
Complex traits can be triggered by environmental factors in genetically predisposed individuals. The lysyl oxidase-like 1 gene (LOXL1) variants associated with exfoliation syndrome (XFS) are detected in >90% of cases that have been genotyped from sites around the world. Remarkably, roughly 80% of people without XFS also possess these same variants in all populations that have been tested. Nonetheless, the...
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