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SUBMITTER: Tilleul J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3669531 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tilleul Julien J Richard Florence F Puche Nathalie N Zerbib Jennyfer J Leveziel Nicolas N Sahel Jose Alain JA Cohen Salomon Yves SY Korobelnik Jean-Francois JF Feingold Josue J Munnich Arnold A Kaplan Josseline J Rozet Jean-Michel JM Souied Eric H EH
Molecular vision 20130529
<h4>Purpose</h4>Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a multifactorial disease involving genetic and environmental factors. Most of the genetic factors identified so far involve the nuclear genome. Recently, two studies in North America and Australia reported an association between advanced AMD and the mitochondrial T2 haplogroup. Our purpose was to assess this association in a large French population.<h4>Methods</h4>This case control study included 1,224 patients with neovascular AMD and 55 ...[more]