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SUBMITTER: Khan MI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2796874 | biostudies-other | 2009
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Khan Muhammad Imran MI Micheal Shazia S Rana Noreen N Akhtar Farah F den Hollander Anneke I AI Ahmed Asifa A Qamar Raheel R
Molecular vision 20091222
<h4>Purpose</h4>The purpose of the present study was to determine the role of the tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) gene polymorphism G-308A and total serum immunoglobulin E (TsIgE) levels in the onset of pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (PEXG) in Pakistani patients.<h4>Methods</h4>The TNF-alpha polymorphism G-308A was analyzed in 122 patients with PEXG and 126 healthy unrelated controls by using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). TsIgE levels we ...[more]