Whole Exome Sequencing in Patients with the Cuticular Drusen Subtype of Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Whole Exome Sequencing in Patients with the Cuticular Drusen Subtype of Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in elderly people worldwide. Cuticular drusen (CD) is a clinical subtype of AMD, which typically displays an earlier age at onset, and has a strong genetic component. Genetic studies support a role for rare sequenc...

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Main Authors: Maheswara R Duvvari, Johannes P H van de Ven, Maartje J Geerlings, Nicole T M Saksens, Bjorn Bakker, Arjen Henkes, Kornelia Neveling, Marisol del Rosario, Dineke Westra, Lambertus P W J van den Heuvel, Tina Schick, Sascha Fauser, Camiel J F Boon, Carel B Hoyng, Eiko K de Jong, Anneke I den Hollander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4805164?pdf=render

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