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Interleukin gene polymorphisms in age-related macular degeneration.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Feb 2008
Tsai Yi-Yu, Lin Jane-Ming, Wan Lei, Lin Hui-Ju, Tsai Yushin, Lee Cheng-Chun, Tsai Chang-Hai, Tsai Fuu-Jen, Tseng Sung-Huei
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To investigate polymorphisms in a candidate gene of interleukin (IL) in unrelated Taiwan Chinese patients with late age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and control subjects without AMD. METHODS: In this retrospective, case-control study, 312 unrelated Taiwan Chinese patients with late AMD and 180 age- and sex-matched control subjects were enrolled. Late AMD was classified as either atrophic (dry) or...
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