Heterogeneity of the genetic risk in age-related macular disease: A population-based familial risk study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 482-487

  Assink, Jacqueline J M ^a,b,c   Klaver, Caroline C W ^a,b,c   Houwing Duistermaat, Jeanine J ^b   Wolfs, Roger C W ^b,c   Van Duijn, Cornelia M ^b   Hofman, Albert ^b   De Jong, Paulus T V M ^a,b,d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 14644445090     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2004.10.035     Document Type: Article

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