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Localization of the fourth locus (GLC1E) for adult-onset primary open-angle glaucoma to the 10p15-p14 region.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Mar 1998
Sarfarazi M, Child A, Stoilova D, Brice G, Desai T, Trifan O C, Poinoosawmy D, Crick R P
Abstract excerpt
One of the major causes of blindness is primary open-angle glaucoma, which affects millions of elderly people worldwide. Genetic studies have so far mapped three loci for the adult-onset form of this condition to the 2cen-q13, 3q21-q24, and 8q23 regions. Herein, we report the localization of a fourth locus, to the 10p15-p14 region, in one large British family with a classical form of normal-tension open-angle...
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