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The myopia susceptibility locus vasoactive intestinal peptide receptor 2 (VIPR2) contains variants with opposite effects.
Scientific reports - 3 Dec 2019
Leung Kim Hung, Luo Shumeng, Kwarteng Regina, Chen Sin-Guang, Yap Maurice K H, Huang Chien-Ling, Yip Shea Ping
Abstract excerpt
Myopia is the commonest eye disorder in the world. High myopes are predisposed to ocular pathologies. The vasoactive intestinal peptide receptor 2 (VIPR2) gene was identified as a myopia susceptibility locus by our group and another group. We continued to fine-map this locus. A case-control study was performed in 4 sequential stages with a total of 941 highly myopic subjects and 846 control subjects, all...
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