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Glaucoma Protective Variants Uncovered in Genetic Data From UK, Finland

May 05, 2020
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NEW YORK – A team from the University of Helsinki, Stanford University and elsewhere has narrowed in on a rare missense variant in the angiopoietin-like 7 factor-coding gene ANGPTL7 that is particularly common in Finland and appears to protect against glaucoma risk. The results appeared in PLOS Genetics on Tuesday.

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