Genomewide Screening of Pathological Myopia
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 600
- 试验地点
- 1
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the possible candidate gene of pathological myopia
详细描述
High myopia (pathological myopia) is caused by excessive axial elongation that primarily involves the ora-equatorial area and the posterior pole. Peripheral fundus changes and posterior staphyloma formation are ophthalmoscopic evidences of this process. Pathological myopia often accompanied by glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration, and retinal detachment, leading to blindness when the damage to the retina is extremely severe. Population and family studies in Chinese have provided evidence for a genetic component to pathologic myopia. Children of myopic parents are more likely to have myopia than are children of nonmyopic parents. The ocular components (axial length, anterior chamber depth, and corneal curvature) and refractive errors of MZ twins are more closely aligned than are those of DZ twins.
Therefore, it is possible to search a potential candidate gene for myopia through the genomic study of pathological myopia.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Control
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •They are unrelated Chinese subjects with high myopia ≦-6.00D. The diagnosis of myopia is determined by the refractive error. Anisometropic individuals, with a refractive error of ≦-6.00 D for one eye and ≦-6.00 D for the other eye, with at least a 2-D difference between the two eyes, are considered unaffected.
排除标准
- •Individuals are excluded if there is known ocular disease or insult that could predispose to myopia, such as retinopathy of prematurity or early-age media opacification, or if they had a known genetic disease associated with myopia, such as Stickler or Marfan syndrome.