Age-related macular degeneration and genetics

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-1

  Yoshimura, Nagahisa ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE RELATED MACULOPATHY SUSCEPTIBILITY PROTEIN 2; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; HIGH TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT PROTEIN A 1; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLINDNESS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EDITORIAL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYPOIDAL CHOROIDAL VASCULOPATHY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CHOROID DISEASES; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 77950938886     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2009.02225.x     Document Type: Editorial

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