Abstract:ABSTRACT. This study aimed to investigate the correlation between age-related macular degeneration (AMD) of the liver-kidney yindeficiency type and complement factor H (CFH) polymorphism, and to determine whether the C allele of the T1277C (Y402H) variant is a risk factor for this condition. We performed a case-control investigation of 60 patients with liver-kidney yin-deficiency AMD and 60 normal control subjects. Peripheral blood was collected from each participant for DNA extraction. Following amplification… Show more
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