The role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-152

  Donoso, Larry A ^a,b,d   Kim, David ^a   Frost, Arcilee ^a   Callahan, Alston ^b   Hageman, Gregory ^c  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b International Retinal Research Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d Bower Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Atherosclerosis; Complement; Drusen; Factor H gene; Genetics; Glomerulonephritis; Inflammation; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H;

AGING; BLINDNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUSEN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE FUNDUS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RACE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING;

EID: 33144459399     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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