Journal article
Molecular characterisation of congenital glaucoma in a consanguineous Canadian community: a step towards preventing glaucoma related blindness
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Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness in Canada. Congenital glaucoma usually manifests during the first years of life and is characterised by severe visual loss and autosomal recessive inheritance. Two disease loci, on chromosomes 1p36 and 2p21, have been associated with various forms of congenital glaucoma. A branch of a large six generation family from a consanguineous Amish community in south western Ontario was affected with congenital glaucoma and was studied by linkage a...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- BMJ Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Medical Genetics Journal website
- Volume:
- 37
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 422-427
- Publication date:
- 2000-06-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2000-01-14
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- ISSN:
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1468-6244
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- Copyright date:
- 2000
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