The contribution of genetic factors to phenotype and progression of drusen in early age-related macular degeneration

Martha Dietzel,Daniel Pauleikhoff,Astrid Arning,B. Heimes,A. Lommatzsch,Monika Stoll,Hans-Werner Hense

The contribution of genetic factors to phenotype and progression of drusen in early age-related macular degeneration

2014

Martha Dietzel
Daniel Pauleikhoff
Astrid Arning
B. Heimes
A. Lommatzsch
Monika Stoll
Hans-Werner Hense

Purpose Genetic factors contribute to the development and progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). We aimed to assess the association of drusen as phenotypic characteristics of early AMD and their progression with polymorphisms in the CFH, ABCA1, and ARMS2 genes.

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Macular degeneration
Anatomy
Drusen
Cancer research
Phenotype
Medicine
Ophthalmology
age related
Diabetes mellitus

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