Article
A gene responsible for the pigment dispersion syndrome maps to chromosome 7q35-q36.
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) - 1 Mar 1997
Andersen J S, Pralea A M, DelBono E A, Haines J L, Gorin M B, Schuman J S, Mattox C G, Wiggs J L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To demonstrate the inheritance of the pigment dispersion syndrome in 4 families and to determine the location of a gene responsible for this syndrome. PATIENTS: Fifty-four members of 4 families affected by the pigment dispersion syndrome and pigmentary glaucoma. All 4 families are whi...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7
- DNA
- Exfoliation Syndrome
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- Glaucoma, Open-Angle
- Humans
