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Systems-level analysis of age-related macular degeneration reveals global biomarkers and phenotype-specific functional networks
24 Feb 2012
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UNLABELLED: Please see related commentary: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/10/21/abstract BACKGROUND: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of blindness that affects the central region of the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE), choroid, and neural retina. Initially characterized by an accumulation of sub-RPE deposits, AMD leads to progressive retinal degeneration, and in advanced cases,...
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