Common synonymous variants in ABCA4 are protective for chloroquine induced maculopathy (toxic maculopathy) Neuro-ophthalmology

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Grassmann, Felix ^a   Bergholz, Richard ^b   Mändl, Julia ^a   Jägle, Herbert ^c   Ruether, Klaus ^d   Weber, Bernhard Hf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d Sankt Gertrauden Krankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

ABCA4; Age related macular degeneration; Chloroquine induced maculopathy; Genetic association; Stargardt's disease

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ABCA4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CHLOROQUINE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84924954552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12886-015-0008-0     Document Type: Article

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