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Familial clustering of diabetic nephropathy in Brazilian type 2 diabetic patients.
Diabetes - 1 Apr 1999
Canani L H, Gerchman F, Gross J L
Abstract excerpt
There is evidence for genetic predisposition to diabetic nephropathy in type 1 diabetic patients. However, there are few studies on type 2 diabetic patients, and most of those have been conducted on ethnic minorities or Caucasian individuals. The aim of this study was to ascertain the presence of an inherited predisposition to diabetic nephropathy in a sample of Brazilian type 2 diabetic patients. Families with...
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