ARMS2 A69S polymorphism and the risk for age-related maculopathy: The ALIENOR study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1077-1078

  Delcourt, Cécile ^a,b   Delyfer, Marie Noëlle ^a,b,c   Rougier, Marie Bénédicte ^c   Lambert, Jean Charles ^d   Amouyel, Philippe ^d   Colin, Joseph ^a,c   Malet, Florence ^c   Le Goff, Mélanie ^a,b   Dartigues, Jean François ^a,b   Korobelnik, Jean François ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A69S GENE; AGE RELATED MACULOPATHY SUSCEPTIBILITY 2; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EYE DISEASE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING;

AGED; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84865600101     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2012.420     Document Type: Letter

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