1. Ophthalmic genetics practice and research in India: Vision in 2020.
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Bansal M, Tandon R, Saxena R, Sharma A, Sen S, Kishore A, Venkatesh P, Maiti S, and Chakraborty D
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- Eye Diseases, Hereditary diagnosis, Eye Diseases, Hereditary pathology, Eye Diseases, Hereditary therapy, Genetic Research, Genome, Human genetics, Genomics trends, Humans, India epidemiology, Eye Diseases, Hereditary genetics, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Ophthalmology trends, Precision Medicine
- Abstract
Ophthalmic genetics is a much needed and growing area in India. Ethnic diversity, with a high degree of consanguinity, has led to a high prevalence of genetic disorders in the country. As the second most populous country in the world, this naturally results in a significant number of affected people overall. Practice involves coherent association between ophthalmologists, genetic counselor and pediatricians. Eye genetics in India in recent times has witnessed advanced research using cutting edge diagnostics, next generation sequencing (NGS) approaches, stem cell therapies, gene therapy and genomic editing. This article will highlight the studies reporting genetic variations in the country, challenges in practice, and the latest advances in ophthalmic genetic research in India., (© 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
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- 2020
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