Effect of the Gas6 c.834+7G>A polymorphism and the interaction of known risk factors on AMD pathogenesis in Hungarian patients.

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in the elderly in the developed world. Numerous genetic factors contribute to the development of the multifactorial disease. We performed a case-control study to assess the risk conferred by known and candidate genetic polymorp...

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Main Authors: Gergely Losonczy, Attila Vajas, Lili Takács, Erika Dzsudzsák, Agnes Fekete, Eva Márhoffer, László Kardos, Eva Ajzner, Begoña Hurtado, Pablo Garcia de Frutos, András Berta, István Balogh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3510257?pdf=render