Article
Association of Collagen Gene (COL4A3) rs55703767 Variant With Response to Riboflavin/Ultraviolet A-Induced Collagen Cross-Linking in Female Patients With Keratoconus.
Cornea - 1 Jan 2021
Abdelghany Ahmed A, Toraih Eman A, Abdelaziz Eman Z, El-Sherbeeny Nagla A, Fawzy Manal S
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To investigate for the first time the association of collagen COL4A3 (rs55703767), COL5A1 (rs7044529), and COL4A4 (rs2229813) variants with response to corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) with riboflavin and ultraviolet A in patients with keratoconus (KC). METHODS: A total of 147 eligible patients with KC were genotyped for the specified collagen variants using real-time TaqMan-based polymerase chain...
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