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Urinary albumin excretion in families with type 2 diabetes is heritable and genetically correlated to blood pressure.
Kidney international - 1 Jan 2000
Fogarty D G, Rich S S, Hanna L, Warram J H, Krolewski A S
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UNLABELLED: Urinary albumin excretion in families with type 2 diabetes is heritable and genetically correlated to blood pressure. BACKGROUND: Levels of urinary albumin excretion (UAE) are used to define both the diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy and its progression. Predisposition to high blood pressure is also a risk factor for susceptibility to nephropathy, but its relationship with UAE in type 2 diabetes...
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