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Aldose reductase gene polymorphism is associated with progression of diabetic nephropathy in Japanese patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Diabetes, obesity & metabolism - 1 Jan 2003
Yamamoto T, Sato T, Hosoi M, Yoshioka K, Tanaka S, Tahara H, Nishizawa Y, Fujii S
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AIM: The objective of this study was to investigate cross-sectionally and longitudinally whether polymorphism of the (A-C)n dinucleotide repeat sequence of the aldose reductase (AR) gene may modulate risk for diabetic nephropathy or retinopathy in Japanese patients with type 1 diabetes. METHODS: We obtained DNA samples from 101 patients followed up after the onset of type 1 diabetes and analysed a (A-C)n...
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