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Analysis of Hemicentin-1, hOgg1, and E-selectin single nucleotide polymorphisms in age-related macular degeneration.
Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society - 1 Jan 2005
Bojanowski Christine M, Tuo Jingsheng, Chew Emily Y, Csaky Karl G, Chan Chi-Chao
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PURPOSE: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common disease in which both environmental and genetic factors have been implicated. Various single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been correlated, through candidate gene association studies, with age-related diseases, including AMD. Recently we identified an association between AMD and two SNPs in CX3CR1, which encodes a chemokine receptor. This study...
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