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Association of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in XRCC1 (194) and XPD (751) with Age-related cataract.
International ophthalmology - 1 Jun 2018
Khosa Tafheem, Aslam Sana, Mustafa Saima, Akbar Atif, Shaikh Rehan Sadiq, Iqbal Furhan
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Age-related cataract (ARC) is a multifactorial disease and different risk factors, including genetic and environmental, are responsible for the development of its various types. The aim of this study was to find out a correlation, if any, between ARC and the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in DNA repair genes XRCC1 (X-ray repair cross-complementary-1) [Arg194Trp (rs1799782)] and XPD...
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