Polymorphisms of the aldose reductase gene and susceptibility to diabetic microvascular complications.

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Diabetes is a major cause of mortality and morbidity due to the long term microvascular complications of this disease. There is now convincing evidence to show that genetic factors together with elevated blood glucose play an important role in the susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy as well as retinopathy. The polyol pathway is thought to play an important role in the pathogenesis of diabetic microvascular...

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