ATP binding cassette transporter retina genotypes and age related macular degeneration: An analysis on exudative non-familial Japanese patients

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 613-615

  Kuroiwa, Sachiko ^a   Kojima, Hidenobu ^a   Kikuchi, Takanobu ^a   Yoshimura, Nagahisa ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0032927073     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.5.613     Document Type: Article

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