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Associations between Rs4244285 and Rs762551 gene polymorphisms and age-related macular degeneration.
Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Stasiukonyte Neringa, Liutkeviciene Rasa, Vilkeviciute Alvita, Banevicius Mantas, Kriauciuniene Loresa
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BACKGROUND: Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in elderly individuals in developed countries. The etiology and pathophysiology of age-related macular degeneration have not been elucidated yet. Knowing that the main pathological change of age-related macular degeneration is formation of drusen containing about 40% of lipids, there have been attempts to find associations between...
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