Population differences in genetic risk for age-related macular degeneration and implications for genetic testing

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 116-117

  Spencer, Kylee L ^a,b   Glenn, Kimberly ^a   Brown Gentry, Kristin ^a   Haines, Jonathan L ^a   Crawford, Dana C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; SERINE;

ADULT; ARMS2 GENE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION;

EID: 84855573781     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopthalmol.2011.1370     Document Type: Article

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