Publications by authors named "Maria Clarinda Almeida"
Purpose: To investigate the association of glutathione S-transferase (GST) GSTM1, GSTT1, and GSTP1 genes with the risk of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) and clinical features of the disease.
Methods: We conducted a case-control study that included 87 Brazilian patients with POAG and 85 healthy controls matched for age, ethnicity, and sex, whose blood samples were genotyped for polymorphisms in GST genes using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based methods.
Results: The GSTM1 null polymorphism was significantly more common in the POAG than in the controls group (OR: 2.