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Complement factor H 402H variant and reticular macular disease.
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) - 1 Aug 2011
Smith R Theodore, Merriam Joanna E, Sohrab Mahsa A, Pumariega Nicole M, Barile Gaetano, Blonska Anna M, Haans Raymond, Madigan David, Allikmets Rando
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the association of high-risk alleles in the complement factor H (CFH; Y402H, rs1061170) and age-related maculopathy susceptibility (ARMS2; A69S, rs10490924) genes with reticular macular disease (RMD), a major clinical subphenotype of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS: Using retinal images from the Columbia Macular Genetics Study, we identified 67 subject individuals with RMD....
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