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SOD2 gene polymorphisms in neovascular age-related macular degeneration and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy.
Molecular vision - 9 Sept 2009
Kondo Naoshi, Bessho Hiroaki, Honda Shigeru, Negi Akira
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PURPOSE: A nonsynonymous coding variant in the manganese superoxide dismutase (SOD2) gene (V16A, rs4880) has been implicated in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). However, the findings have been inconsistent. Two studies in Japanese populations reported an opposite direction of association of the same allele at the V16A variant, whereas one study in a Northern Irish population found no effect of...
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