Common Variant in Myocilin Gene Is Associated with High Myopia in Isolated Population of Korčula Island, Croatia

Croatian Medical Journal

Bućan, Kajo³  Vatavuk, Zoran⁶  Mandić, Antonija⁴  Zgaga, Lina⁵  Martinović, Miljenka⁶  Barać-Juretić, Katja¹  Lacmanović Lončar, Valentina⁶  Škegro, Ivan⁶  Škunca Herman, Jelena⁶  Merc, Ivana²  Kralj, Petra⁶  Pavičić Astaloš, Jasna²  Andrijević Derk, Biljana⁶  Benčić, Goran⁶  Petric Vicković, Ivanka⁶  Knežević, Tamara⁶  Mandić, Krešimir⁴ 

[1] Institute of Public Health, Split, Croatia;Department of Ophtalmology, Dr. Tomislav Bardek General Hospital, Koprivnica, Croatia;Department of Ophtalmology, Split Universoty Hospital and School of Medicine, Split, Croatia;Health Polytechnic, Zagreb, Croatia;Department of Medical Statistics Epidermiology and Medical Informatics, Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia;University Department of Ophtalmology, Sisters of Mercy University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia

关键词: high myopia;    refraction;    isolated;    candidate gene;    SNP;    Korcula;    Croatia;   

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学科分类：卫生学

来源: Medicinska Naklada Co.

【 摘 要 】

Aim To study the association between genetic variants in myocilin and collagen type I alpha 1 genes and high myopia in an isolated island population. Methods A total of 944 examinees from the genetic epidemiology study conducted on the...

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