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Science 31 January 1997:
Vol. 275. no. 5300, pp. 621 - 0
DOI: 10.1126/science.275.5300.621
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Research News

Gretchen Vogel

Because the eye disease glaucoma develops so insidiously, it blinds almost 12,000 people every year in the United States alone. Now, researchers report in this issue (p. 668) that they have identified the gene at fault in juvenile glaucoma--the first time a specific gene has been linked to the condition. The discovery may aid in the diagnosis of glaucoma and provide clues to how it causes a buildup of pressure in the eye, which is thought to lead to blindness by irreversibly damaging the optic nerve.

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THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
The genetics of primary open angle glaucoma.
A. BOOTH, A. CHURCHILL, R. ANWAR, M. MENAGE, and A. MARKHAM (1997)
Br. J. Ophthalmol. 81, 409-414
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