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Lack of association of VEGF (−2578 C → A) and ANG 2 (−35 G → C) gene polymorphisms with the progression of retinopathy of prematurity

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The author thanks Dr. Michael T. Trese of William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, USA and Xianggui Qu of Oakland University for respectively providing the blood samples and statistical analysis of the data. This work was supported in part by the grant from the Retinopathy of Prematurity Foundation.

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Shastry, B.S. Lack of association of VEGF (−2578 C → A) and ANG 2 (−35 G → C) gene polymorphisms with the progression of retinopathy of prematurity. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 247, 859–860 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-008-0988-z

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