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Human genes for cortical senile cataract

Cortical senile cataract [DOID:13574]

A senile cataract that is characterized by opacification of the lens cortex, caused by dehydration of lens fibers, and is related to aging.

Synonyms:  cortical senile cataract,  cortical senile cataracts,  DOID:13574

The disease-gene associations are derived from automatic text mining of the biomedical literature, manually curated database annotations, cancer mutation data, and genome-wide association studies. The confidence of each association is signified by stars, where ★★★★★ is the highest confidence and ★☆☆☆☆ is the lowest.

Developed by Sune Frankild, Alexander Junge, Albert Pallejà, Dhouha Grissa, Kalliopi Tsafou, and Lars Juhl Jensen from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research.