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Genetic variants in three genes and smoking show strong associations with susceptibility to exudative age-related macular degeneration in a Chinese population.
Chinese medical journal - 20 Dec 2008
Chu Jie, Zhou Cheng-chao, Lu Ning, Zhang Xue, Dong Fang-tian
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BACKGROUND: The present study was undertaken to replicate the associations of representative polymorphisms in three genes (complement factor H (CFH), complement factor B (BF) and HtrA serine peptidase 1 (HTRA1)) with exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a Han Chinese population, and to test if the modifiable environmental factors affect AMD susceptibility associated with different type of genotype...
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