Genetic pleiotropy between age-related macular degeneration and 16 complex diseases and traits

BACKGROUND:Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common condition of vision loss with disease development strongly influenced by environmental and genetic factors. Recently, 34 loci were associated with AMD at genome-wide significance. So far, little is known about a genetic overlap between AM...

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Main Authors: Grassmann, F, Kiel, C, Zimmermann, M, Gorski, M, Grassmann, V, Stark, K, International Amd Genomics Consortium (IAMDGC), Heid, I, Weber, B
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2017