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Lack of relationship in long-term type 1 diabetic patients between diabetic nephropathy and polymorphisms in apolipoprotein epsilon, lipoprotein lipase and cholesteryl ester transfer protein. Genétique de la Nephropathie Diabétique Study Group. Données Epidémiologiques sur le Syndrome d'Insulino-Résistance Study Group.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association - 1 Dec 2000
Hadjadj S, Gallois Y, Simard G, Bouhanick B, Passa P, Grimaldi A, Drouin P, Tichet J, Marre M
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BACKGROUND: Genetic susceptibility contributes to the risk of diabetic nephropathy. Lipid disorders may favour diabetic nephropathy. Thus polymorphisms in lipid metabolism are candidates for the genetic component of risk for diabetic nephropathy. METHODS: We searched for a contribution of the genetic polymorphisms of lipoprotein lipase (LPL), cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) and apolipoprotein epsilon...
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