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Genome-wide meta-analysis for severe diabetic retinopathy.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Jun 2011
Grassi Michael A, Tikhomirov Anna, Ramalingam Sudha, Below Jennifer E, Cox Nancy J, Nicolae Dan L
Abstract excerpt
Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness. The purpose of this study is to identify novel genetic loci associated with the sight threatening complications of diabetic retinopathy. We performed a meta-analysis of genome-wide association data for severe diabetic retinopathy as defined by diabetic macular edema or proliferative diabetic retinopathy in unrelated cases ascertained from two large, type I...
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