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Association between the cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 9 Sept 2013
Nakata Isao, Yamashiro Kenji, Kawaguchi Takahisa, Gotoh Norimoto, Nakanishi Hideo, Akagi-Kurashige Yumiko, Miyake Masahiro, Tsujikawa Akitaka, Oishi Akio, Saito Masaaki, Iida Tomohiro, Yamada Ryo, Matsuda Fumihiko, Yoshimura Nagahisa
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To determine whether genetic variants in the lipid-associated genes are related to the risk of developing polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) in a Japanese population. METHODS: Five hundred eighty-one patients with PCV and 793 controls were enrolled in the study. Association analysis of allele and genotype frequencies was performed for the following single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are...
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