The plague and macular degeneration

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2442-

  Avery, Robert L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; M PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALLOTYPE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOTE; HISPANIC; HOST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPANESE; LETTER; MALARIA; NEISSERIA; PANDEMIC; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TYPHOID FEVER; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PLAGUE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 78649862380     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.08.052     Document Type: Letter

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