Polymorphism rs7555523 in transmembrane and coiled-coil domain 1 (TMCO1) is not a risk factor for primary open angle glaucoma in a Saudi cohort.
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SUBMITTER: Kondkar AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5043619 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
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Polymorphism rs7555523 in transmembrane and coiled-coil domain 1 (TMCO1) is not a risk factor for primary open angle glaucoma in a Saudi cohort.
Kondkar Altaf A AA Mousa Ahmed A Azad Taif A TA Sultan Tahira T Alawad Abdullah A Altuwaijri Saleh S Al-Obeidan Saleh A SA Abu-Amero Khaled K KK
Journal of negative results in biomedicine 20160929 1
<h4>Background</h4>We investigated whether polymorphism rs7555523 (A > C) in human transmembrane and coiled-coil domain 1 (TMCO1) gene is a risk factor for primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) in a Saudi cohort.<h4>Methods</h4>A cohort of 87 unrelated POAG cases and 94 control subjects from Saudi Arabia were genotyped using Taq-Man® assay. The association of genotypes with POAG and other glaucoma specific clinical indices was investigated.<h4>Results</h4>The genotype and allele frequency of polymo ...[more]
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