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Letter to the Editor

Estrogen-related Polymorphisms in Estonian Patients with Age-related Cataract

Dragana ŠkiljićDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation/Ophthalmology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Correspondence[email protected]
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Staffan NilssonDepartment of Mathematical Statistics, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden,
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Mona Seibt PalmérDepartment of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden,
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Gunnar TasaDepartment of Human Biology and Genetics, Institute of General and Molecular Pathology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia,
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Erkki JuronenDepartment of Human Biology and Genetics, Institute of General and Molecular Pathology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia,
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Anders BehndigDepartment of Clinical Sciences/Ophthalmology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden,
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Jan-Olof KarlssonDepartment of Medical Chemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, and
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Anne PetersenDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation/Ophthalmology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden,
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Henrik ZetterbergDepartment of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden, ;UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK
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Madeleine ZetterbergDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation/Ophthalmology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden,
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Pages 188-191 | Received 11 Jul 2014, Accepted 07 Dec 2014, Published online: 27 Jan 2015

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