Fine-scale linkage disequilibrium mapping of age-related macular degeneration in the complement factor H gene region

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 966-970

  Ennis, Sarah ^a   Goverdhan, Srini ^a   Cree, Angela ^a   Hoh, Josephine ^c   Collins, Andrew ^a   Lotery, Andrew ^a,b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT FACTOR H;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXON; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 34347341713     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.114090     Document Type: Article

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