Association Study of Mannose-Binding Lectin Levels and Genetic Variants in Lectin Pathway Proteins with Susceptibility to Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Case-Control Study

• Michael Osthoff ,

  * E-mail: michael.osthoff@usb.ch

  Affiliations Victorian Infectious Diseases Service at the Doherty Institute, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Melinda M. Dean,

  Affiliation Research and Development, Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia

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• Paul N. Baird,

  Affiliation Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Andrea J. Richardson,

  Affiliation Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Mark Daniell,

  Affiliation Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Robyn H. Guymer,

  Affiliation Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Damon P. Eisen

  Affiliations Victorian Infectious Diseases Service at the Doherty Institute, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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