Association of LOC387715 A69S With Vitreous Hemorrhage in Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2008.02.007 Byline: Yoichi Sakurada (a), Takeo Kubota (b), Fumihiko Mabuchi (a), Mitsuhiro Imasawa (a), Naohiko Tanabe (a), Hiroyuki Iijima (a) Abstract: To investigate whether the LOC387715 polymorphism is associated with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) and with vitreous hemorrhage (VH), one of the most severe clinical phenotypes, in the Japanese population. Author Affiliation: (a) Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Chuo City, Yamanashi, Japan (b) Department of Epigenetics Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Chuo City, Yamanashi, Japan. Article History: Accepted 7 February 2008