Association of age-related macular degeneration with complement activation products, smoking, and single nucleotide polymorphisms in South Carolinians of European and African descent

Association of age-related macular degeneration with complement activation products, smoking, and single nucleotide polymorphisms in South Carolinians of European and African descent

Purpose: Smoking and the incidence of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) have been linked to an overactive complement system. Here, we examined in a retrospective cohort study whether AMD-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), smoking, ethnicity, and disease status are correlated wit...

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Main Authors: Bärbel Rohrer, Ashley Frazer-Abel, Anthony Leonard, Rinki Ratnapriya, Tyson Ward, Alexandra Pietraszkiewicz, Elizabeth O’Quinn, Katherine Adams, Anand Swaroop, Bethany Jacobs Wolf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Molecular Vision 2019-02-01
Series:Molecular Vision
Subjects:
age-related macular degeneration
complement factor H
Online Access:http://www.molvis.org/molvis/v25/79/

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