Correlation of complement factor H gene polymorphisms with exudative age-related macular degeneration in a Chinese cohort

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 488, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-287

  Dong, Lun ^a   Qu, Yi ^b   Jiang, Hua ^b   Dai, Hong ^c   Zhou, Fang ^b   Xu, Xiaoyi ^b   Bi, Hongsheng ^d   Pan, Xuemei ^d   Dang, Guangfu ^e  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^d Shierming Eye Hospital   (China)

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

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Case control study; Chinese; Complement factor H; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

AGE; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 78650845449     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.11.048     Document Type: Article

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