No association between complement factor H gene polymorphism and exudative age-related macular degeneration in Japanese

Human Genetics

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 139-143

  Gotoh, Norimoto ^a   Yamada, Ryo ^a   Hiratani, Hitomi ^a   Renault, Victor ^a   Kuroiwa, Sachiko ^b   Monet, Marion ^a   Toyoda, Sachiko ^a   Chida, Shohei ^a   Mandai, Michiko ^a   Otani, Atsushi ^a   Yoshimura, Nagahisa ^a   Matsuda, Fumihiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; HISTIDINE; TENASCIN; TYROSINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 33745728418     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-006-0187-0     Document Type: Article

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