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VSX1 Gene and Keratoconus

Jin Wook Jeoung, Mee Kum Kim, Sung Sup Park, Sung Yeun Kim, Hyun Soo Ko, Won Ryang Wee, Jin Hak Lee

Cornea · 2012 · 30 citations · 16 references

DOI

Abstract

We cannot confirm the previously reported association of the VSX1 gene variants with keratoconus. Our results suggest that the VSX1 gene and its mutations with amino acid changes do not play a major role in the pathogenesis of keratoconus.

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Luigi Bisceglia, Marilena Ciaschetti, Patrizia De Bonis et al. · Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science · 2004 · 111 citations