Apolipoprotein E gene and early age-related maculopathy: The atherosclerosis risk in communities study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 255-259

  Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b   Shankar, Anoop ^b   Klein, Ronald ^c   Bray, Molly S ^d   Couper, David J ^e   Klein, Barbara E K ^c   Sharrett, A Richey ^f   Folsom, Aaron R ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e IL   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DRUSEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINOGRAPHY;

AGED; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 31644431945     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.10.048     Document Type: Article

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