Lack of association between the c.544G>a polymorphism of the heme oxygenase-2 gene and age-related macular degeneration

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Wysokinski, Daniel ^a   Synowiec, Ewelina ^a   Chmielewska, Marta ^a   Wozniak, Katarzyna ^a   Zaras, Małgorzata ^b   Sklodowska, Anna ^b   Blasiak, Janusz ^a   Szaflik, Jerzy ^b   Szaflik, Jacek Pawel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration (AMD); Genetic polymorphism; Heme oxygenase 2; HMOX2 gene; Iron metabolism

Indexed keywords

HEME OXYGENASE 2;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SEX; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 80051537373     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881906     Document Type: Article

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