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ATP binding cassette transporter retina genotypes and age related macular degeneration: an analysis on exudative non-familial Japanese patients.
The British journal of ophthalmology - 1 May 1999
Kuroiwa S, Kojima H, Kikuchi T, Yoshimura N
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To determine whether mutations in the Stargardt's disease gene, ATP binding cassette transporter retina (ABCR) affect the occurrence of age related macular degeneration (AMD) in Japanese non-familial patients. METHODS: 80 unrelated Japanese patients with AMD (67 males and 13 females; mean age, 67.2 years) diagnosed by indocyanine green angiography and 100 age matched control subjects were studied. Among the...
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