Related Experiment Videos
Discordance of primary infantile glaucoma in monozygotic twins
1Department of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.
American Journal of Ophthalmology
|September 11, 1999
Abstract
Purpose:
To report a case of primary infantile glaucoma occurring in only one of two identical twins.
Methods:
Case reports.
Results:
Clinical features of bilateral primary infantile glaucoma in one of the two twins at age 16 months are described. Polymorphic DNA markers were used to establish identical twinship.
Conclusion:
Our finding suggests that nongenetic factors must be considered in determining the origin of primary infantile glaucoma.