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Keratoconus is associated with increased copy number of mitochondrial DNA

PURPOSE: To investigate the possible association of oxidative stress with keratoconus (KC), we estimated the changes in relative mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) content. METHODS: The study included 119 patients with KC and 208 controls matched for gender, ethnicity, and systemic disease status. We selecte...

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Autores principales: Abu-Amero, Khaled. K., Kondkar, Altaf A., Azad, Taif Anwar, Sultan, Tahira, Kalantan, Hatem, Al-Muammar, Abdulrahman M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Vision 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4153421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25221426