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No Sex Differences in the Frequencies of Common Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated with Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
Current eye research - 1 Mar 2017
Popp Nicholas A, Agrón Elvira, Hageman Gregory S, Tuo Jingsheng, Chew Emily Y, Chan Chi-Chao
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PURPOSE: Since some studies have reported differences in the association of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with biological sex, we set out to determine whether the difference in the disease susceptibility is afforded by common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with AMD. METHODS: We genotyped 2067 Caucasian subjects from the Age-Related Eye Disease Study cohort for commonly associated AMD...
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