Complement factor H and LOC 387715 gene polymorphisms in a Greek population with age-related macular degeneration

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 247, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1547-1553

  Marioli, Dimitra I ^a   Pharmakakis, Nikolaos ^b   Deli, Angeliki ^b   Havvas, Ioannis ^b   Zarkadis, Ioannis K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Complement factor H; Greek population; LOC387715; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT FACTOR H;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70349866182     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-009-1129-z     Document Type: Article

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