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Genetic association study of age-related macular degeneration in the Spanish population.
Acta ophthalmologica - 1 Feb 2011
Brión María, Sanchez-Salorio Manuel, Cortón Marta, de la Fuente Maria, Pazos Belen, Othman Mohammad, Swaroop Anand, Abecasis Goncalo, Sobrino Beatriz, Carracedo Angel
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PURPOSE: To investigate new genetic risk factors and replicate reported associations with advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a prospective case-control study developed with a Spanish cohort. METHODS: Three hundred and fifty-three unrelated patients with advanced AMD (225 with atrophic AMD, 57 with neovascular AMD, and 71 with mixed AMD) and 282 age-matched controls were included. Functional and...
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