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Analysis of Toll-Like Receptor 2 Polymorphism (rs5743704) in Saudi Patients with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 Apr 2016
Kondkar Altaf A, Mousa Ahmed, Azad Taif A, Sultan Tahira, Osman Essam A, Al-Obeidan Saleh A, Abu-Amero Khaled K
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AIMS: To investigate whether the single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs5743704 in the toll-like receptor 2 gene is associated with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) or any of its clinical indices in a Saudi cohort. METHOD: Ninety-five unrelated POAG cases and 95 controls of Saudi origin were genotyped utilizing a TaqMan(®) assay. The association between genotypes and various clinical indices important for POAG...
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