Apolipoprotein E gene and age-related macular degeneration in a Chinese population

Molecular Vision

Volumn 17, Issue , 2011, Pages 997-1002

  Sun, Erdan ^a   Lim, Apiradee ^b   Liu, Xipu ^c   Snellingen, Torkel ^c   Wang, Ningli ^a   Liu, Ningpu ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Sekwa Eye Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APOLIPOPROTEIN E GENE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E2 GENE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3 GENE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4 GENE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RETINA; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 79955619086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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