The SERPING1 gene and age-related macular degeneration

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9652, 2008, Pages 1788-1789

  Klaver, Caroline CW ^a   Bergen, Arthur AB ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 11; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 12A; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KALLIKREIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN MASP 1; PROTEIN SERPING 1; PROTEINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHROMOSOME 11Q; DRUSEN; EXON; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 56249138920     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61349-5     Document Type: Note

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