Preventive Medicine for Age-related Macular Degeneration
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the genetics of age-related macular degeneration
age-related macular degeneration (amd) is the leading cause of blindness in old subjects. it is a multifactorial disease with both environmental and genetic factors playing some role in its pathogenesis. similar to many other genetic diseases, the inheritance pattern of amd does not fit into simple mendelian rules. these diseases are caused by the presence of multiple genetic factors and are ca...
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عنوان ژورنال: TRENDS IN THE SCIENCES
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1342-3363,1884-7080
DOI: 10.5363/tits.17.12_80