Common Sequence Variation in the VEGFC Gene Is Associated with Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Macular Edema

Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1828-1836

  Kaidonis, Georgia ^a   Burdon, Kathryn P ^a,b   Gillies, Mark C ^c   Abhary, Sotoodeh ^a   Essex, Rohan W ^d   Chang, John H ^e,f   Pal, Bishwanath ^f   Pefkianaki, Maria ^f   Daniell, Mark ^g   Lake, Stewart ^a   Petrovsky, Nikolai ^a   Hewitt, Alex W ^h   Jenkins, Alicia ⁱ   Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^h,j   Gleadle, Jonathan M ^k   Craig, Jamie E ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

ⁱ ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^k FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VEGFC PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; AGED; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; MACULAR EDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C;

EID: 84939772007     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.05.004     Document Type: Article

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