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Genome-wide association studies for diabetic macular edema and proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
BMC medical genetics - 8 May 2018
Graham Patricia S, Kaidonis Georgia, Abhary Sotoodeh, Gillies Mark C, Daniell Mark, Essex Rohan W, Chang John H, Lake Stewart R, Pal Bishwanath, Jenkins Alicia J, Hewitt Alex W, Lamoureux Ecosse L, Hykin Philip G, Petrovsky Nikolai, Brown Matthew A, Craig Jamie E, Burdon Kathryn P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Diabetic macular edema (DME) and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) are sight-threatening complications of diabetes mellitus and leading causes of adult-onset blindness worldwide. Genetic risk factors for diabetic retinopathy (DR) have been described previously, but have been difficult to replicate between studies, which have often used composite phenotypes and been conducted in different...
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