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Autophagy Genes for Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration in a Finnish Case-Control Study.
Genes - 6 Nov 2020
Paterno Jussi J, Koskela Ali, Hyttinen Juha M T, Vattulainen Elina, Synowiec Ewelina, Tuuminen Raimo, Watala Cezary, Blasiak Janusz, Kaarniranta Kai
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Age-related macular degeneration is an eye disease that is the main cause of legal blindness in the elderly in developed countries. Despite this, its pathogenesis is not completely known, and many genetic, epigenetic, environmental and lifestyle factors may be involved. Vision loss in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is usually consequence of the occurrence of its wet (neovascular) form that is targeted in...
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