Original Contribution Estrogen Receptor Alpha and Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 Polymorphisms and Age-related Maculopathy in Older Women

1 Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles,LosAngeles,CA. 2 Biogen Idec, Inc., San Diego, CA. 3 Omics Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. 4 Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. 5 Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. 6 Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN. 7 Departments of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Community Health, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. 8 Research Institute, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA. 9 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. 10 Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD. 11 Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Northwest/Hawaii, Portland, OR. 12 Departments of Human Genetics and Biomathematics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. 13 Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. 14 Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.