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Diabetic retinopathy in Euro-Brazilian type 2 diabetic patients: relationship with polymorphisms in the aldose reductase, the plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genes.
Diabetes research and clinical practice - 1 Aug 2003
Santos Katia G, Tschiedel Balduino, Schneider João, Souto Katia, Roisenberg Israel
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the relationship between diabetic retinopathy (DR) and three polymorphisms, C(-106)T in the aldose reductase (ALR2) gene, 4G/5G in the plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) gene and C677T in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene, in 210 Euro-Brazilian type 2 diabetic patients. Retinopathy was evaluated by funduscopic examination and genotype analysis was performed using the...
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