Association of HTRA1 and ARMS2 gene variation with drusen formation in rhesus macaques

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 479-482

  Singh, Krishna K ^a,d   Krawczak, Michael ^b   Dawson, William W ^c   Schmidtke, Joerg ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

disease gene association; drusen formation; macular degeneration; rhesus macaque

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARMS 2 GENE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRUSEN; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HTRA 1 GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMALS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; MACACA MULATTA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RETINAL DRUSEN;

EID: 61549101850     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2008.10.019     Document Type: Article

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