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Associations of complement factor H and smoking with early age-related macular degeneration: the ALIENOR study.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 29 Jul 2011
Delcourt Cécile, Delyfer Marie-Noëlle, Rougier Marie-Bénédicte, Amouyel Philippe, Colin Joseph, Le Goff Mélanie, Malet Florence, Dartigues Jean-François, Lambert Jean-Charles, Korobelnik Jean-François
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PURPOSE: To assess the associations of complement factor H (CFH) Y402H polymorphism and smoking with specific features of early AMD (type, location, and area). METHODS: The ALIENOR study is a population-based study of age-related eye diseases in 963 residents of Bordeaux (France), aged 73 years or more. AMD features were graded from nonmydriatic color retinal photographs. CFH Y402H was genotyped by using DNA...
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