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Multicenter cohort association study of SLC2A1 single nucleotide polymorphisms and age-related macular degeneration.
Molecular vision - 1 Jan 2012
Baas Dominique C, Ho Lintje, Tanck Michael W T, Fritsche Lars G, Merriam Joanna E, van het Slot Ruben, Koeleman Bobby P C, Gorgels Theo G M F, van Duijn Cornelia M, Uitterlinden André G, de Jong Paulus T V M, Hofman Albert, ten Brink Jacoline B, Vingerling Johannes R, Klaver Caroline C W, Dean Michael, Weber Bernhard H F, Allikmets Rando, Hageman Gregory S, Bergen Arthur A B
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PURPOSE: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a major cause of blindness in older adults and has a genetically complex background. This study examines the potential association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the glucose transporter 1 (SLC2A1) gene and AMD. SLC2A1 regulates...
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