Association analysis of CFH, C2, BF, and HTRA1 gene polymorphisms in Chinese patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2613-2619

  Lee, Kelvin Y ^a,b   Vithana, Eranga N ^b   Mathur, Ranjana ^a   Yong, Victor H ^b   Yeo, Ian Y ^a   Thalamuthu, Anbupalam ^c   Lee, Mun Wai ^a   Koh, Adrian H ^a   Lim, Marcus C ^a,b   How, Alicia C ^a,b   Wong, Doric W ^a   Aung, Tin ^a,b,d  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYPOIDAL CHOROIDAL VASCULOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ASIAN; CHOROID; CHOROID DISEASE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SINGAPORE; VASCULARIZATION;

ALTERNATIVE COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C2; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H, HUMAN; HTRA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHOROID; CHOROID DISEASES; COMPLEMENT C2; COMPLEMENT FACTOR B; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 47249097446     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-0860     Document Type: Article

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