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Association of combined cigarette smoking and ARMS2/LOC387715 A69S polymorphisms with age-related macular degeneration: A meta-analysis.
Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Jabbarpoor Bonyadi Mohammad Hossein, Yaseri Mehdi, Bonyadi Mortaza, Soheilian Masoud, Nikkhah Homayoun
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PURPOSE: The age-related maculopathy susceptibility2 (ARMS2)/LOC387715 A69S (rs10490924) polymorphism and cigarette smoking have been shown to have significant association with AMD. In this meta-analysis we used the results of available association studies of combined ARMS2/LOC387715 genotypes and cigarette smoking with AMD to estimate the possible synergistic or multiplicative effects. METHODS: Heterogeneity of...
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