CFH Y402H confers similar risk of soft drusen and both forms of advanced AMD.

CFH Y402H confers similar risk of soft drusen and both forms of advanced AMD.

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of irreversible visual impairment in the developed world. The two forms of advanced AMD, geographic atrophy and neovascular AMD, represent different pathological processes in the macula that lead to loss of central vision. Soft drusen,...

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Main Authors: Kristinn P Magnusson, Shan Duan, Haraldur Sigurdsson, Hjorvar Petursson, Zhenglin Yang, Yu Zhao, Paul S Bernstein, Jian Ge, Fridbert Jonasson, Einar Stefansson, Gudleif Helgadottir, Norman A Zabriskie, Thorlakur Jonsson, Asgeir Björnsson, Theodora Thorlacius, Palmi V Jonsson, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Augustine Kong, Hreinn Stefansson, Kang Zhang, Kari Stefansson, Jeffrey R Gulcher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-01-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1288033?pdf=render

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