CFH, C3 and ARMS2 are significant risk loci for susceptibility but not for disease progression of geographic atrophy due to AMD.

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a prevalent cause of blindness in Western societies. Variants in the genes encoding complement factor H (CFH), complement component 3 (C3) and age-related maculopathy susceptibility 2 (ARMS2) have repeatedly been shown to confer significant risks for AMD; ho...

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Main Authors: Hendrik P N Scholl, Monika Fleckenstein, Lars G Fritsche, Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg, Arno Göbel, Christine Adrion, Christine Herold, Claudia N Keilhauer, Friederike Mackensen, Andreas Mössner, Daniel Pauleikhoff, Andreas W A Weinberger, Ulrich Mansmann, Frank G Holz, Tim Becker, Bernhard H F Weber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2756620?pdf=render