Toward a Genetic Understanding of Glaucoma-Breakthroughs and Challenges from Studies of Exfoliation Glaucoma

Affiliations

¹ Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242.
² Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 ; Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242.

Colleen M Trantow et al. US Ophthalmic Rev. 2011 Spring.

. 2011 Spring;4(1):23-25.

doi: 10.17925/USOR.2011.04.01.23.

¹ Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242.
² Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 ; Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242.

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