Vascular endothelial growth factor gene polymorphisms and risk of neovascular age-related macular degeneration in a Chinese cohort

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 142-148

  Qu, Yi ^a   Dai, Hong ^e   Zhou, Fang ^a   Zhang, Xiaoyan ^a   Xu, Xiaoyi ^a   Zhang, Jiao ^a   Bi, Hongsheng ^b   Pan, Xuemei ^b   Wang, Hongge ^c   Jiang, Hua ^a   Yin, Ningning ^e   Dang, Guangfu ^d  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shierming Eye Hospital   (China)

^c Shandong Shierming Eye Hospital   (China)

^d THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SHANDONG FIRST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Case control study, Chinese; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANT GENE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE GENE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 77956568702     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319543     Document Type: Article

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