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Three major loci involved in age-related macular degeneration are also associated with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy.
Ophthalmology - 1 Aug 2010
Lima Luiz H, Schubert Carl, Ferrara Daniela C, Merriam Joanna E, Imamura Yutaka, Freund K Bailey, Spaide Richard F, Yannuzzi Lawrence A, Allikmets Rando
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PURPOSE: To investigate the frequency of variants in 3 major age-related macular degeneration (AMD)-associated loci in patients of European-American descent with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). DESIGN: Cross-sectional, case-control association study. PARTICIPANTS: Fifty-five patients with PCV, 368 patients with advanced AMD, and 368 age-matched and ethnically matched unaffected controls of...
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