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Association of LIPC and advanced age-related macular degeneration.
Eye (London, England) - 1 Feb 2013
Lee J, Zeng J, Hughes G, Chen Y, Grob S, Zhao L, Lee C, Krupa M, Quach J, Luo J, Zeng J, Wei X, Zhang X, Zhu J, Duan Y, Ferreyra H, Goldbaum M, Haw W, Shaw P X, Tang L, Zhang K
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To determine whether there is an association between hepatic lipase (LIPC) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in two independent Caucasian cohorts. METHODS: A discovery cohort of 1626 patients with advanced AMD and 859 normal controls and a replication cohort of 2159 cases and 1150 controls were genotyped for two single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the promoter region of LIPC. The...
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