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. 2007 Oct 23;104(43):16725-6.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.0708151104. Epub 2007 Oct 16.

Bringing the genetics of macular degeneration into focus

Jonathan L Haines  1 , Kylee M Spencer, Margaret A Pericak-Vance
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Bringing the genetics of macular degeneration into focus

Jonathan L Haines et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Five genes with common variation that alter the risk of developing AMD have been identified, with three implicating the complement system (Left) in the genetic etiology of AMD. With the data presented by Kanda et al. (2), oxidative stress (Right) is a second pathway implicated in the genetic etiology of AMD.
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