Khaled Abu-Amero
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Eradicating primary congenital glaucoma from Saudi Arabia: The case for a national screening program
Malik R, Khandekar R, Boodhna T, Rahbeeni Z, Al Towerki A, Edward D, et al.
Saudi J Ophthalmol
. 2017 Dec;
31(4):247-249.
PMID: 29234227
The prevalence of primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) in Saudi Arabia is high and the condition is a cause of childhood blindness in the country. Children often present with severe disease,...
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Aung T, Ozaki M, Lee M, Schlotzer-Schrehardt U, Thorleifsson G, Mizoguchi T, et al.
Nat Genet
. 2017 May;
49(7):993-1004.
PMID: 28553957
Exfoliation syndrome (XFS) is the most common known risk factor for secondary glaucoma and a major cause of blindness worldwide. Variants in two genes, LOXL1 and CACNA1A, have previously been...
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Jamuar S, Schmitz-Abe K, DGama A, Drottar M, Chan W, Peeva M, et al.
Nat Genet
. 2017 Mar;
49(4):606-612.
PMID: 28250456
Motor, sensory, and integrative activities of the brain are coordinated by a series of midline-bridging neuronal commissures whose development is tightly regulated. Here we report a new human syndrome in...
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Khor C, Do T, Jia H, Nakano M, George R, Abu-Amero K, et al.
Nat Genet
. 2016 Apr;
48(5):556-62.
PMID: 27064256
Primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) is a major cause of blindness worldwide. We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) followed by replication in a combined total of 10,503 PACG cases...
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Abu-Amero K, Kondkar A, Chalam K
Int J Mol Sci
. 2015 Dec;
16(12):28886-911.
PMID: 26690118
Epidemiological studies suggest that by 2020 the prevalence of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) is estimated to increase to 76.0 million, and to 111.8 million by 2040 globally due to...
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Mohamed S, Elkholy S, El-Meleagy E, Abu-Amero K, Hellani A
Ann Saudi Med
. 2014 Oct;
34(3):217-21.
PMID: 25266181
Background And Objectives: The prevalence of maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) in Saudi population remains unknown, and data on molecular etiology of this condition is limited. Therefore, the present...
7.
Khan A, Abu-Amero K
J AAPOS
. 2014 Jun;
18(4):389-91.
PMID: 24969490
Children affected by infantile esotropia can cross-fixate to see object to the contralateral side with the adducted eye; when doing so they need not abduct the eye ipsilateral to the...
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Khan A, Almutlaq M, Oystreck D, Engle E, Abu-Amero K, Bosley T
Ophthalmic Genet
. 2014 Jun;
37(2):130-6.
PMID: 24940936
Introduction: Congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles type 2 (CFEOM2) is a distinct non-syndromic form of congenital incomitant strabismus secondary to orbital dysinnervation from recessive mutations in the gene PHOX2A....
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Nongpiur M, Khor C, Jia H, Cornes B, Chen L, Qiao C, et al.
PLoS Genet
. 2014 Mar;
10(3):e1004089.
PMID: 24603532
Anterior chamber depth (ACD) is a key anatomical risk factor for primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG). We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) on ACD to discover novel genes for...
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Vithana E, Khor C, Qiao C, Nongpiur M, George R, Chen L, et al.
Nat Genet
. 2012 Aug;
44(10):1142-1146.
PMID: 22922875
Primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) is a major cause of blindness worldwide. We conducted a genome-wide association study including 1,854 PACG cases and 9,608 controls across 5 sample collections in...