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Polymorphisms in CFH, HTRA1 and CX3CR1 confer risk to exudative age-related macular degeneration in Han Chinese.
The British journal of ophthalmology - 1 Sept 2010
Yang X, Hu J, Zhang J, Guan H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in Complement Factor H (CFH), HTRA1 and CX3CR1 are associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in Caucasian population. We aimed to determine whether, and of what magnitude, these AMD susceptibility SNPs are associated with exudative AMD in Han Chinese. METHODS: Exudative AMD cases and age-matched controls were recruited from Nantong University...
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