The rs2071559 AA VEGFR-2 genotype frequency is significantly lower in neovascular age-related macular degeneration patients

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lazzeri, Stefano ^a   Orlandi, Paola ^b   Figus, Michele ^a   Fioravanti, Anna ^b   Cascio, Elisa ^b   Di Desidero, Teresa ^b   Agosta, Elisa ^b   Canu, Bastianina ^b   Sartini, Maria Sole ^a   Danesi, Romano ^b   Nardi, Marco ^a   Bocci, Guido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RS1870377; RS2071559; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; EXUDATIVE MACULAR DEGENERATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2; WET MACULAR DEGENERATION;

EID: 84865035669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/2012/420190     Document Type: Article

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