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Polymorphism of the leptin gene promoter in pedigrees of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Chongqing, China.
Chinese medical journal - 1 Apr 2004
Ren Wei, Zhang Su-Hua, Wu Jing, Ni Yin-Xing
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: It has been shown that the presence of leptin is associated with deabefes, glucose wefabolism and insulin metablism. In this research, we evaluated the presence of the leptin C-2549-A polymorphism in the Chinese population in Chongqing and verified its association with plasma leptin levels and anthropometric, metabolic, and clinical parameters. METHODS: Two hundred and sixty-nine patients with...
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