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SUBMITTER: Ye Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4300030 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ye Zimeng Z Luo Huaichao H Gong Bo B Lin Ying Y Shuai Ping P Wang Pu P Ye Changning C Yang Zhenglin Z Wang Wanjun W Shi Yi Y
Journal of ophthalmology 20150105
High myopia is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide. However, the exact etiology of high myopia remains unraveled despite numerous attempts of elucidation. Previous genome-wide association study (GWAS) has revealed that four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), including rs2969180, rs1652333, rs9307551, and rs7837791, were associated with high myopia in Caucasians. The present study was conducted to investigate whether these genetic variants were associated with high myopia in Han ...[more]