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Juvenile glaucoma linked to GLCIA in a Panamanian family.
Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society - 1 Jan 1996
Lichter P R, Richards J E, Boehnke M, Othman M, Cameron B D, Stringham H M, Downs C A, Lewis S B, Boyd B F
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PURPOSE: To carry out clinical and genetic characterization of juvenile-onset primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) inherited as an autosomal dominant trait in a Panamanian family. METHODS: Twenty-two members of a six-generation Panamanian family underwent an ophthalmologic evaluation. Blood samples were collected from 20 of these individuals for preparation of DNA for use in screening of microsatellite repeat...
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