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Prevalence of MYOC risk variants for glaucoma in different populations.

Perttu J LiuskaMika HarjuTero Tapani KiveläJoni Antero Turunen
Published in: Acta ophthalmologica (2021)
Pathogenic MYOC variants appear to be population-associated. Our results highlight allelic heterogeneity of MYOC variants in open-angle glaucoma. Many of the probable pathogenic variants are over-represented in some of the populations causing doubt of their status as monogenic disease-causing variants.
Keyphrases
  • copy number
  • risk factors
  • dna methylation