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Genetic cardiovascular risk factors and age-related macular degeneration.
Acta ophthalmologica - 1 Jun 2011
Haas Paulina, Aggermann Tina, Steindl Kerstin, Krugluger Walter, Pühringer Helene, Oberkanins Christian, Frantal Sophie, Binder Susanne
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PURPOSE: To investigate the association between genetic cardiovascular risk factors and exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a White Austrian population. METHODS: Seventy-five unrelated AMD patients and 75 unrelated healthy, sex- and age-matched control patients were genotyped for the following 19 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 14 different genes: blood coagulation factor V (FV) R506Q,...
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