Evidence That a Locus for Familial High Myopia Maps to Chromosome 18p
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A genome wide scan for familial high myopia suggests a novel locus on chromosome 7q36.
High myopia often appears as a familial disease. It is usually defined as a refraction error equal to or below −6 diopters (D) in each eye. Highly myopic patients represent 27-33% of the myopic population. The prevalence of the disease in the general population varies according to the country, from 2.1% in the USA, to 3.2% in France, and up to 9.6% in Spain. High myopia is also termed “patholog...
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High myopia often appears as a familial disease. It is usually defined as a refraction error equal to or below −6 diopters (D) in each eye. Highly myopic patients represent 27-33% of the myopic population. The prevalence of the disease in the general population varies according to the country, from 2.1% in the USA, to 3.2% in France, and up to 9.6% in Spain. High myopia is also termed “patholog...
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PURPOSE Myopia is the most common visual problem in the world. High myopia, the extreme form of myopia that can be complicated by retinal detachment and macular degeneration, affects 1%-2% of the general population. The genes responsible for nonsyndromic high myopia have not been identified although several chromosome loci have been suggested. Additional loci for the majority of high myopia, es...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Human Genetics
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0002-9297
DOI: 10.1086/301907