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Association of genetic variation on chromosome 9p21 with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy and neovascular age-related macular degeneration.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 17 Oct 2011
Zhang Xiongze, Wen Feng, Zuo Chengguo, Li Meng, Chen Hui, Wu Kunfang
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) contains aneurismal morphologic and histopathologic feature and it is considered to be a possible distinct entity from neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). In this study, the association of identified risk variants for intracranial aneurysm on chromosome 9p21 with PCV and neovascular AMD in a Chinese Han population was investigated. METHODS: The...
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