No evidence of association between complement factor i genetic variant rs10033900 and age-related macular degeneration

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-2

  Cipriani, Valentina ^a,b   Matharu, Baljinder K ^c   Khan, Jane C ^c   Shahid, Humma ^c   Hayward, Caroline ^d   Wright, Alan F ^d   Armbrecht, Ana Maria ^e   Dhillon, Baljean ^e   Harding, Simon P ^f   Bishop, Paul N ^g,h   Bunce, Catey ^b   Clayton, David G ^c   Moore, Anthony T ^a,b   Yates, John R W ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e PRINCESS ALEXANDRA EYE PAVILION   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT FACTOR I;

CHROMOSOME 4Q; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MODEL; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LETTER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE GENE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

COMPLEMENT FACTOR I; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 83255187178     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.118     Document Type: Letter

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