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Phenotype analysis of patients with the risk variant LOC387715 (A69S) in age-related macular degeneration.
American journal of ophthalmology - 1 Feb 2008
Shuler R Keith, Schmidt Silke, Gallins Paul, Hauser Michael A, Scott William K, Caldwell Jennifer, Agarwal Anita, Haines Jonathan L, Pericak-Vance Margaret A, Postel Eric A
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PURPOSE: To examine phenotypes of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patients with the LOC387715 variant (T allele at rs10490924, A69S). DESIGN: Retrospective, observational case series. METHODS: This clinic-based case series data set contained 775 unrelated cases of AMD. AMD phenotypes of three groups, determined by the number of LOC387715 risk alleles, were compared regarding the presence or absence of 16...
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