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Assessment of the contribution of CFH and chromosome 10q26 AMD susceptibility loci in a Russian population isolate.
The British journal of ophthalmology - 1 May 2007
Fisher Sheila A, Rivera Andrea, Fritsche Lars G, Babadjanova Gulja, Petrov Sergey, Weber Bernhard H F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: A strong association has been confirmed between age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and variants at two independent loci including Tyr402His in the complement factor H (CFH) on 1q32 and Ser69Ala at LOC387715, a hypothetical gene on chromosome 10q26. The contribution of both loci to AMD was investigated in an isolated north-west Russian population. METHODS: Together with a PLEKHA1 variant at...
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