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Polymorphisms in ARMS2/HTRA1 and complement genes and age-related macular degeneration in India: findings from the INDEYE study.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Nov 2012
Sundaresan Periasamy, Vashist Praveen, Ravindran Ravilla D, Shanker Ashwini, Nitsch Dorothea, Nonyane Bareng A S, Smeeth Liam, Chakravarthy Usha, Fletcher Astrid E
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PURPOSE: Association between genetic variants in complement factor H (CFH), factor B (CFB), component 2 (C2), and in the ARMS2/HTRA1 region with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) comes mainly from studies of European ancestry and case-control studies of late-stage disease. We investigated associations of both early and late AMD with these variants in a population-based study of people aged 60 years and older...
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