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Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies novel loci associated with age-related macular degeneration.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Aug 2020
Han Xikun, Gharahkhani Puya, Mitchell Paul, Liew Gerald, Hewitt Alex W, MacGregor Stuart
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness among the elderly population. To accelerate the understanding of the genetics of AMD, we conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) combining data from the International AMD Genomics Consortium AMD-2016 GWAS (16,144 advanced AMD cases and 17,832 controls), AMD-2013 GWAS (17,181 cases and 60,074...
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