Seguimiento a largo plazo de un genealogía de glaucoma juvenil de ángulo abierto con una nueva mutación de EFEMP1

Brian P Young1, Angela W Nyunt1, Molly A Clymer2

  • 1Institute for Vision Research, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.

Ophthalmology. Glaucoma
|August 28, 2025
PubMed
Resumen

Se ha identificado una nueva mutación del gen EFEMP1, p.Tyr438Cys, como la causa genética del glaucoma juvenil de ángulo abierto (JOAG) en una familia europea. Esta mutación conduce a un fenotipo de glaucoma de aparición temprana y grave que requiere una intervención significativa.

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