Purpose: The pedigree of nine year old patient diagnosed with juvenile glaucoma has been evaluated.
Materials and Methods: The pedigree of seven members (close relatives of proband's from three generations) was investigated and then clinical examinations were performed. Their blood samp/es were analysed for chromosomes.
Resu/ts: From this pedigree, it was found that, two cases had juvenile glaucoma, two cases had primary open angle glaucoma and two cases were suspected to have juvenile glaucoma. There was no significant abnormality in investigated chromosomes.
Condusions: In condusion, members of the famhy were thouht to have the same genotypic defect were exposed to various phenotypic characters.
Key words: Juvenile glaucoma, goniodysgenesis, primary open angle glaucoma
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