Association of HTRA1 polymorphism and bilaterality in advanced age-related macular degeneration

Vision Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 690-694

  Chen, Haoyu ^a,b   Yang, Zhenglin ^b   Gibbs, Daniel ^b   Yang, Xian ^b   Hau, Vincent ^b   Zhao, Peiquan ^b,c   Ma, Xiang ^b   Zeng, Jiexi ^b   Luo, Ling ^b   Pearson, Erik ^b   Constantine, Ryan ^b   Kaminoh, Yuuki ^b   Harmon, Jennifer ^b   Tong, Zongzhong ^b   Stratton, Charity A ^b   Cameron, D Joshua ^b   Tang, Shibo ^a   Zhang, Kang ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Genetics; HTRA1; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 39149110290     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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