title: [Progress in genetic studies of age-related macular degeneration].
abstract: Age related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of irreversible blindness in the aged population in the western world. AMD is considered to be a multifactorial disease with involvement of both genetic and environmental factors. With the development of molecular biology and molecular genetics, numerous susceptibility genes have been identified. Here we review the recent advances in the genetic studies regarding the AMD susceptibility genes.
authors.affiliation: Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Ning-pu
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000235:genetics*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide