Electronic medical records and genomics (eMERGE) network exploration in cataract: several new potential susceptibility loci.
Ritchie MD, Verma SS, Hall MA et al.
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Purpose: Cataract is the leading cause of blindness in the world, and in the United States accounts for approximately 60% of Medicare costs related to vision. The purpose of this study was to identify genetic markers for age-related cataract through a genome-wide association study (GWAS).
5,503 European, Black, and other ancestry cases age 50 and older, 1,894 European, Black, and other ancestry controls age 50 and older
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