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Nature Research, Nature Genetics, 2(48), p. 134-143, 2015

DOI: 10.1038/ng.3448

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A large genome-wide association study of age-related macular degeneration highlights contributions of rare and common variants

Journal article published in 2015 by Lars G. (Lars) Fritsche ORCID, Wilmar Igl, Jessica N. Cooke Bailey ORCID, Sebanti Sengupta, C. (Claudia) von N. von Strachwitz, Felix Grassmann ORCID, Jennifer L. (Jennifer L.) Bragg-Gresham, Kathryn P. (Kathryn P.) Burdon ORCID, Scott J. (Scott J.) Hebbring, Cindy Wen, Mathias Gorski, Valentina Cipriani, Ivana K. (Ivana) Kim, David Cho, Donald Zack and other authors.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

Advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in the elderly, with limited therapeutic options. Here we report on a study of >12 million variants, including 163,714 directly genotyped, mostly rare, protein-altering variants. Analyzing 16,144 patients and 17,832 controls, we identify 52 independently associated common and rare variants (P