The C677T variant in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene is not associated with disease in cohorts of pseudoexfoliation glaucoma and primary open-angle glaucoma patients from Iowa

Ophthalmic Genet. 2006 Jun;27(2):39-41. doi: 10.1080/13816810600677883.

Authors

John H Fingert¹, Young H Kwon, Paula A Moore, Rebecca M Johnston, Kwang-Youn Kim, Val C Sheffield, Wallace L M Alward, Edwin M Stone

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. john-fingert@uiowa.edu

PMID: 16754204
DOI: 10.1080/13816810600677883

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Exfoliation Syndrome / genetics*
Gene Amplification
Gene Frequency
Genetic Variation*
Genotype
Glaucoma, Open-Angle / genetics*
Humans
Hyperhomocysteinemia / genetics*
Intraocular Pressure
Iowa
Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2) / genetics*
Polymerase Chain Reaction

Substances

Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)