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Identification of a new 'TIGR' mutation in a family with juvenile-onset primary open angle glaucoma.
Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Sept 1997
Stoilova D, Child A, Brice G, Crick R P, Fleck B W, Sarfarazi M
Abstract excerpt
Positional mapping of families segregating for juvenile-onset primary open angle glaucoma (JOAG) has previously identified a locus (GLCIA) for this condition on the long arm of chromosome I. Recently, three mutations in the TIGR gene (Trabecular meshwork Inducible Gluco-corticoid Response protein) have been described in a total of ten familial, three sporadic, and one normal subject. One of the familial cases has...
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