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Child Glaucoma Gene Discovered

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Researchers have identified a genetic mutation that causes a severe form of glaucoma in children, and are already working on a method for treating it. Researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin report in a recent study that a genetic mutation causes a vessel that drains fluid from the eye to be defective or missing causes the condition. According to the Glaucoma Research Foundation, primary genetic glaucoma accounts for 50-70 percent of all cases of childhood glaucoma, which occurs in one out of 8,000 children born.

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