Evidence of association of APOE with age-related macular degeneration: a pooled analysis of 15 studies.

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Published in Hum Mutat on September 12, 2011

Authors

Gareth J McKay1, Chris C Patterson, Usha Chakravarthy, Shilpa Dasari, Caroline C Klaver, Johannes R Vingerling, Lintje Ho, Paulus T V M de Jong, Astrid E Fletcher, Ian S Young, Johan H Seland, Mati Rahu, Gisele Soubrane, Laura Tomazzoli, Fotis Topouzis, Jesus Vioque, Aroon D Hingorani, Reecha Sofat, Michael Dean, Julie Sawitzke, Johanna M Seddon, Inga Peter, Andrew R Webster, Anthony T Moore, John R W Yates, Valentina Cipriani, Lars G Fritsche, Bernhard H F Weber, Claudia N Keilhauer, Andrew J Lotery, Sarah Ennis, Michael L Klein, Peter J Francis, Dwight Stambolian, Anton Orlin, Michael B Gorin, Daniel E Weeks, Chia-Ling Kuo, Anand Swaroop, Mohammad Othman, Atsuhiro Kanda, Wei Chen, Goncalo R Abecasis, Alan F Wright, Caroline Hayward, Paul N Baird, Robyn H Guymer, John Attia, Ammarin Thakkinstian, Giuliana Silvestri

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Public Health, Royal Victoria Hospital, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland. g.j.mckay@qub.ac.uk

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