Complement Factor H**This work was supported by the Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias de España Network (grant no. C03-13 received from the Spanish government).

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  de la Fuente, M ^a   Blanco, M J ^a   Pazos, B ^a   Fernandez M I ^a   Carracedo, A ^a   Sanchez Salorio M ^a   Coco, R M ^a   Torron C ^a   Gomez A M ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT FACTOR H;

ALLELE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SMOKING;

COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 33845789194     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.10.004     Document Type: Letter

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