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Association analysis of genetic and environmental risk factors in the cuticular drusen subtype of age-related macular degeneration.
Molecular vision - 1 Jan 2012
van de Ven Johannes P H, Smailhodzic Dženita, Boon Camiel J F, Fauser Sascha, Groenewoud Joannes M M, Chong N Victor, Hoyng Carel B, Klevering B Jeroen, den Hollander Anneke I
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PURPOSE: To assess the association of gender, cigarette smoking, body-mass index, and nine genetic risk variants with cuticular drusen (CD), a well recognized subtype of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS: A total of 757 patients with AMD, including 217 patients with CD, and 553 cont...
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