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A pooled case-control study of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene in age-related maculopathy

Silke Schmidt Center for Human Genetics, Department of Medicine
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Caroline C. W. Klaver Department of Neurology, and Duke Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, Department of Ophthalmology and Program in Human Genetics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, The Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, and Department of Ophthalmology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Ophthalmology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, and The Netherlands Ophthalmic Research Institute and Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Ann M. Saunders Department of Neurology, and Duke Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, Department of Ophthalmology and Program in Human Genetics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, The Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, and Department of Ophthalmology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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Eric A. Postel Department of Neurology, and Duke Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, Department of Ophthalmology and Program in Human Genetics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, The Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, and Department of Ophthalmology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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Monica A. De La Paz Department of Neurology, and Duke Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, Department of Ophthalmology and Program in Human Genetics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, The Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, and Department of Ophthalmology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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Anita Agarwal Department of Neurology, and Duke Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, Department of Ophthalmology and Program in Human Genetics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, The Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, and Department of Ophthalmology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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Kent W. Small Department of Neurology, and Duke Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, Department of Ophthalmology and Program in Human Genetics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, The Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, and Department of Ophthalmology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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Nitin Udar Department of Neurology, and Duke Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, Department of Ophthalmology and Program in Human Genetics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, The Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, and Department of Ophthalmology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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John M. Ong Department of Neurology, and Duke Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, Department of Ophthalmology and Program in Human Genetics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, The Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, and Department of Ophthalmology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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Meenal V. Chalukya Department of Neurology, and Duke Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, Department of Ophthalmology and Program in Human Genetics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, The Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, and Department of Ophthalmology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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Anthony Nesburn Department of Neurology, and Duke Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, Department of Ophthalmology and Program in Human Genetics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, The Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, and Department of Ophthalmology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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M. Cristina Kenney Department of Neurology, and Duke Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, Department of Ophthalmology and Program in Human Genetics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, The Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, and Department of Ophthalmology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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Ruth M. Domurath Department of Neurology, and Duke Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, Department of Ophthalmology and Program in Human Genetics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, The Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, and Department of Ophthalmology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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Molly Hogan Department of Neurology, and Duke Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, Department of Ophthalmology and Program in Human Genetics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, The Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, and Department of Ophthalmology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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Tammy S. Mah Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Yvette P. Conley Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Robert E. Ferrell Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Daniel E. Weeks Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Paulus T.V.M. de Jong Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Ophthalmology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, and The Netherlands Ophthalmic Research Institute and Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Cornelia M. van Duijn Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Ophthalmology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, and The Netherlands Ophthalmic Research Institute and Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Jonathan L. Haines Department of Neurology, and Duke Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, Department of Ophthalmology and Program in Human Genetics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, The Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, and Department of Ophthalmology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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Margaret A. Pericak-Vance Center for Human Genetics, Department of Medicine
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Michael B. Gorin Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Neurology, and Duke Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, Department of Ophthalmology and Program in Human Genetics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, The Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, and Department of Ophthalmology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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Pages 209-223 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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