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Joint effect of cigarette smoking and CFH and LOC387715/HTRA1 polymorphisms on polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Dec 2010
Nakanishi Hideo, Yamashiro Kenji, Yamada Ryo, Gotoh Norimoto, Hayashi Hisako, Nakata Isao, Saito Masaaki, Iida Tomohiro, Oishi Akio, Kurimoto Yasuo, Matsuo Keitaro, Tajima Kazuo, Matsuda Fumihiko, Yoshimura Nagahisa
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PURPOSE: To investigate whether the major genetic and environmental risk factors of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)-CFH Y402H and LOC387715 A69S and cigarette smoking-are also associated with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) and whether the associations of CFH Y402H and LOC387715 A69S with PCV are modified by smoking. METHODS: Three hundred seventy-five Japanese patients with PCV and 847 Japanese...
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