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Inducible nitric oxide synthase gene and diabetic retinopathy in Asian Indian patients.
Clinical genetics - 1 May 2002
Kumaramanickavel G, Sripriya S, Vellanki R N, Upadyay N K, Badrinath S S, Rajendran V, Sukumar B, Ramprasad V L, Sharma T
Abstract excerpt
Nitric oxide, a signal transduction molecule, when modulated causes various diseases including diabetic retinopathy. In diabetes, allelic polymorphism of the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) gene is associated with retinopathy in the Northern Irish population. In the present study we investigated the Asian Indian population. One hundred and ninety-nine unrelated Asian Indian patients with 15 or more years...
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