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An aldose reductase intragenic polymorphism associated with diabetic retinopathy.
Diabetes research and clinical practice - 1 Nov 1999
Kao Y L, Donaghue K, Chan A, Knight J, Silink M
Abstract excerpt
The polyol pathway has been considered important in the development of diabetes long-term complications. Diabetic patients with microvascular disease have increased gene expression and enzyme activity, which may be due to variants in the aldose reductase gene. An association of an intragenic BamHI polymorphic site with diabetic retinopathy and nephropathy has been suggested, but the BamHI site has not been...
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