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The association of elastin gene variants with two angiographic subtypes of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Yanagisawa Suiho, Sakurada Yoichi, Miki Akiko, Matsumiya Wataru, Imoto Issei, Honda Shigeru
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To compare the association of elastin (ELN) gene variants between two different angiographic phenotypes of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). METHODS: We included 411 treatment-naïve PCV patients and 350 controls in the present study. PCV was classified into two phenotypes (152 Type 1 and 259 Type 2) according to the presence or absence of feeding vessels found in indocyanine-green angiography....
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