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2021

BMC OphthalmologyVolume 21, Article 272

Eyes of Africa: The Genetics of Blindness: Study Design and Methodology

Olusola Olawoye, Chimdi Chuka-Okosa, Onoja Akpa, Tony Realini, Michael Hauser and Adeyinka Ashaye

This paper describes the design and methodology of a collaborative H3Africa study collecting carefully characterised glaucoma cases, controls and families to support genome-wide association and exome sequencing research.

DOI: 10.1186/s12886-021-02029-8


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2022

PLOS ONEPublished 1 December 2022

The social construction of genomics and genetic analysis in ocular diseases in Ibadan, South-western Nigeria

Olusola Olawoye, Kabiru K. Salami, Abolaji Azeez, Precious Adebola, Tarela Sarimiye, John Imaledo, Tony Realini, Michael A. Hauser and Adeyinka Ashaye

This qualitative study explored how people living with ocular disorders understood genomics, their willingness to participate, their sample preferences and their expectations of participant-centred genomic research.

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0278286


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