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Complement factor H polymorphisms, renal phenotypes and age-related macular degeneration: the Blue Mountains Eye Study.
Genes and immunity - 1 Apr 2008
Xing C, Sivakumaran T A, Wang J J, Rochtchina E, Joshi T, Smith W, Mitchell P, Iyengar S K
Abstract excerpt
Complement factor H (CFH) is a key regulator of the alternative pathway of complement and its mutations have been associated with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type II, atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), suggesting that alternative pathway dysregulation is a common pathogenetic feature of these ocular and renal conditions. In this study we tested the...
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