Five-generation search leads to glaucoma gene

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  • Author(s): By:Marilyn Elias
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    USA TODAY, April 27, 1993 LIFE FINAL, 1pp
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    • Abstract:
      LOS ANGELES - Scientists for the first time have mapped the location of a gene that causes glaucoma, a breakthrough that could produce new techniques for preventing and treating the common eye disease. About 2 million U.S. adults have glaucoma, the second leading cause of blindness. Key symptom: loss of peripheral vision, sometimes unnoticed until the disease is advanced...