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A new locus for dominant drusen and macular degeneration maps to chromosome 6q14.
American journal of ophthalmology - 1 Aug 2000
Kniazeva M, Traboulsi E I, Yu Z, Stefko S T, Gorin M B, Shugart Y Y, O'Connell J R, Blaschak C J, Cutting G, Han M, Zhang K
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PURPOSE: To report the localization of a gene causing drusen and macular degeneration in a previously undescribed North American family. METHODS: Genetic mapping studies were performed using linkage analysis in a single family with drusen and atrophic macular degeneration. RESULTS: The clinical manifestations in this family ranged from fine macular drusen in asymptomatic middle-aged individuals to atrophic...
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