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SUBMITTER: Vatavuk Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2657568 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vatavuk Zoran Z Skunca Herman Jelena J Bencić Goran G Andrijević Derk Biljana B Lacmanović Loncar Valentina V Petric Vicković Ivanka I Bucan Kajo K Mandić Kresimir K Mandić Antonija A Skegro Ivan I Pavicić Astalos Jasna J Merc Ivana I Martinović Miljenka M Kralj Petra P Knezević Tamara T Barać-Juretić Katja K Zgaga Lina L
Croatian medical journal 20090201 1
<h4>Aim</h4>To study the association between genetic variants in myocilin and collagen type I alpha 1 genes and high myopia in an isolated island population.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 944 examinees from the genetic epidemiology study conducted on the island of Korcula, Croatia, were included in the study. We selected 2 short nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) available in our genome-wide scan set of SNPs that were previously associated with high myopia and used them to replicate previous claims of p ...[more]