Article
[Linkage between juvenile glaucoma and chromosome 1q in 2 French families].
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie III, Sciences de la vie - 1 Jun 1994
Meyer A, Valtot F, Béchetoille A, Rouland J F, Dascotte J C, Férec C, Bach J F, Chaventré A, Garchon H J
Abstract excerpt
Primary open-angle glaucoma is a major cause of irreversible blindness in Western countries for which there is presently no curative treatment. Linkage of hereditary juvenile glaucoma with chromosome 1q21-q23 was recently described in 2 American families. Here we have studied two large French ped...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1
- Female
- France
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- Glaucoma, Open-Angle
- Humans
- Lod Score
- Male
- Pedigree