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Glutathione S-transferase M1 genotype and age-related cataracts. Lack of association in an Italian population.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 May 1996
Alberti G, Oguni M, Podgor M, Sperduto R D, Tomarev S, Grassi C, Williams S, Kaiser-Kupfer M, Maraini G, Hejtmancik J F
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PURPOSE: To investigate possible associations between the gene number and allelic forms of glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) and the occurrence of nucleic and cortical age-related cataracts. METHODS: Patients with cortical cataract, nuclear cataract, mixed and cortical cataract, and no cataract were sytematically selected from subjects evaluated in the Italian-American Study of the Natural History of...
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