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Apolipoprotein E polymorphisms in Japanese patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy and exudative age-related macular degeneration.
American journal of ophthalmology - 1 Oct 2004
Gotoh Norimoto, Kuroiwa Sachiko, Kikuchi Takanobu, Arai Jun, Arai Satoko, Yoshida Noriko, Yoshimura Nagahisa
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PURPOSE: To study the genotypes, allelic frequencies, and polymorphisms of apolipoprotein E (Apo E) in unrelated Japanese patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) or exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and control subjects without macular degeneration. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. METHODS: Blood samples from 225 subjects older than 50 years were used. The 225 subjects included 58...
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