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Polymorphism rs13334190 in zinc finger protein 469 (ZNF469) is not a risk factor for keratoconus in a Saudi cohort.
BMC research notes - 29 Nov 2017
Kalantan Hatem, Kondkar Altaf A, Sultan Tahira, Azad Taif A, Alsabaani Nasser A, AlQahtani Masoud Ali, Almummar Abdulrahman, Liu Yuato, Abu-Amero Khaled K
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Polymorphism rs13334190 in the zinc finger protein 469 gene has been suggested to predispose toward a "thin" cornea, which then becomes keratoconic or is directly pathogenic. Thus, we genotyped polymorphism rs13334190 in 127 unrelated keratoconus cases and 168 control subjects from Saudi Arabia using Taq-Man® assay. RESULTS: The genotype frequency distribution did not deviate significantly from the...
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