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Polymorphisms in ARMS2 (LOC387715) and LOXL1 genes in the Japanese with age-related macular degeneration.
American journal of ophthalmology - 1 Mar 2011
Fuse Nobuo, Mengkegale Mingge, Miyazawa Akiko, Abe Toshiaki, Nakazawa Toru, Wakusawa Ryosuke, Nishida Kohji
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PURPOSE: To determine whether polymorphisms in the ARMS2 (LOC387715) gene and the lysyl oxidase-like 1 (LOXL1) gene are associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in Japanese patients. DESIGN: Clinically relevant laboratory investigation. METHODS: Forty-one unrelated Japanese subjects with dry AMD, 50 subjects with exudative (wet) AMD, and 60 subjects with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) were...
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