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Associations of polymorphisms in LOXL1 and copper chaperone genes with pseudoexfoliation-syndrome-related cataract in a Chinese Uygur population.
International ophthalmology - 1 Jul 2020
Jing Qinghe, Li Dan, Gao Wei, Zhang Fan, Lu Yi, Jiang Yongxiang
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PURPOSE: To investigate the associations between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the lysyl oxidase-like 1 (LOXL1) gene and copper chaperone genes and pseudoexfoliation-syndrome-related cataract (PEXC) in a Chinese Uygur population. METHODS: A case-control study was performed at the Second People's Hospital of Kashgar. Venous blood DNA was obtained from 70 patients with PEXC and 70 patients with...
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