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Study of Polymorphisms in CX3CR1, PLEKHA1 and VEGF genes as risk factors for age-related macular degeneration in Indian patients.
Archives of medical research - 1 Aug 2014
Gupta Divya, Gupta Vani, Singh Vinita, Chawla Shobhit, Parveen Farah, Agrawal Suraksha, Phadke Shubha R
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an important cause of visual impairment in elderly persons. AMD is a multifactorial disease in which both environmental and genetic factors have been implicated. Various single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been found to be associated with AMD. This study aimed to investigate the association of polymorphisms in CX3CR1, PLEKHA1 and VEGF genes...
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