Genome-wide association studies for diabetic macular edema and proliferative diabetic retinopathy

• Main Authors: Patricia S. Graham (Author), Georgia Kaidonis (Author), Sotoodeh Abhary (Author), Mark C. Gillies (Author), Mark Daniell (Author), Rohan W. Essex (Author), John H. Chang (Author), Stewart R. Lake (Author), Bishwanath Pal (Author), Alicia J. Jenkins (Author), Alex W. Hewitt (Author), Ecosse L. Lamoureux (Author), Philip G. Hykin (Author), Nikolai Petrovsky (Author), Matthew A. Brown (Author), Jamie E. Craig (Author), Kathryn P. Burdon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Diabetic macular edema (DME) and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) are sight-threatening complications of diabetes mellitus and leading causes of adult-onset blindness worldwide. Genetic risk factors for diabetic retinopathy (DR) have been described previously, but have be...