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Copy number variations in candidate genes in neovascular age-related macular degeneration.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 16 May 2011
Liu Melissa M, Agrón Elvira, Chew Emily, Meyerle Catherine, Ferris Frederick L, Chan Chi-Chao, Tuo Jingsheng
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PURPOSE: The pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is strongly influenced by genetic factors, and single nucleotide polymorphisms have been consistently linked to AMD. Copy number variation (CNV), or variation in the number of copies of a particular segment of DNA, may also contr...
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