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Association of IGFN1 variant with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy.
The journal of gene medicine - 1 Feb 2018
Wen Xiaofeng, Liu Yu, Yan Qi, Liang Minling, Tang Miao, Liu Ran, Pan Jianying, Liu Qiuhui, Chen Tingting, Guo Shixin, Liang Juanran, Lu Lin, Ding Xiaoyan, Chen Wei, Wei Lai
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BACKGROUND: Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) and neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) share a similar phenotype but are different in their clinical manifestations, responses to treatment and prognosis. Whether PCV is a subtype of AMD or a distinct entity from nAMD remains unknown. Therefore, we performed a whole-exome sequencing based association analysis to compare the genetic architecture...
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