Genome-wide association study identifies five new susceptibility loci for primary angle closure glaucoma

• Main Authors: Khor C., Do T., Jia H., Nakano M., George R., Abu-Amero K., Duvesh R., Chen L., Li Z., Nongpiur M., Perera S., Qiao C., Wong H., Sakai H., De Melo M., Lee M., SChan A., Azhany Y., Dao T., Ikeda Y., Perez-Grossmann R., Zarnowski T., Day A., Jonas J., Tam P., Tran T., Ayub H., Akhtar F., Micheal S., Chew P., Aljasim L., Dada T., Luu T., Awadalla M., Kitnarong N., Wanichwecharungruang B., Aung Y., Mohamed-Noor J., Vijayan S., Sarangapani S., Husain R., Jap A., Baskaran M., Goh D., Su D., Wang H., Yong V., Yip L., Trinh T., Makornwattana M., Nguyen T., Leuenberger E., Park K., Wiyogo W., SKumar R., Tello C., Kurimoto Y., Thapa S., Pathanapitoon K., Salmon J., Sohn Y., Fea A., Ozaki M., Lai J., Tantisevi V., Khaing C., Mizoguchi T., Nakano S., Kim C., Tang G., Fan S., Wu R., Meng H., Ueno M., Martinez J., Ramli N., Reyes R., Vernon S., Fang S., Xie Z., Chen X., Foo J.
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84963502585&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/41936
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2016 Nature America, Inc. Primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) is a major cause of blindness worldwide. We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) followed by replication in a combined total of 10,503 PACG cases and 29,567 controls drawn from 24 countries across Asia, Australia, Europe,...