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Study of MYOC Gene Mutation in POAG Patients in Zahedan, Iran.
Clinical laboratory - 1 Jul 2017
Narooie-Nejad Mehrnaz, Rasouli Ava, Mousavi Mahdieh, Rohani Mohammad R
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BACKGROUND: The second cause of blindness in the world is glaucoma that begins with visual impairments and, in many cases, ends with irreversible visual loss. Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is the most common type of glaucoma, which causes irreversible optic nerve damage in adults. Glaucoma shows an unknown etiology, but there is strong evidence regarding the role of genetic factors in disease establishment....
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