No evidence of association of heterozygous NTF4 mutations in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma

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Yutao Liu et al. Am J Hum Genet. 2010.

. 2010 Mar 12;86(3):498-9; author reply 500.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.11.018.

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Heterozygous NTF4 mutations impairing neurotrophin-4 signaling in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma.
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