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Reduced secretion of fibulin 5 in age-related macular degeneration and cutis laxa.
Human mutation - 1 Jun 2006
Lotery Andrew J, Baas Dominique, Ridley Caroline, Jones Richard P O, Klaver Caroline C W, Stone Edwin, Nakamura Tomoyuki, Luff Andrew, Griffiths Helen, Wang Tao, Bergen Arthur A B, Trump Dorothy
Abstract excerpt
Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) is the leading cause of irreversible visual loss in the Western world, affecting approximately 25 million people worldwide. The pathogenesis is complex and missense mutations in FBLN5 have been reported in association with ARMD. We have investigated the role of fibulin 5 in ARMD by completing the first European study of the gene FBLN5 in ARMD (using 2 European cohorts of...
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