Article
[Genetic studies of age related macular degeneration].
Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft - 1 Aug 2002
Zurdel J, Richard G
Abstract excerpt
While during the 1980s epidemiological studies searched for possible associations of environmental factors, factors of lifestyle, and cardiovascular diseases with age-related macular degeneration (ARMD), this is now perceived as a multifactorial disorder with predisposing genetic constellations and with environmental factors contributing to disease progression. The evidence which supports a genetic background of...
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