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Speaker: Genotype dictates response to AREDS formulation
CHICAGO — The response to AREDS nutritional supplementation in patients with age-related macular degeneration varied according to genotype, specifically complement factor H and age-related maculopathy susceptibility 2 risk alleles, a speaker said here.During Retina Subspecialty Day preceding the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting, Carl C. Awh, MD, discussed an analysis of 1,237 AREDS patients based on data from the recently published AREDS Report 38.