Article
A genetic study of retinopathy in south Indian type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetic patients.
Diabetologia - 1 Jun 1991
Hawrami K, Mohan R, Mohan V, Hitman G A
Abstract excerpt
Genetic marker studies in diabetic retinopathy are controversial and frequently complicated by possible independent associations of Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus with the markers so far analysed. We have looked for associations of candidate genes with retinopathy in South Indian Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetic patients; patients were subdivided into those with exudative maculopathy (n =...
Topics
- Aged
- Alleles
- Chromosome Mapping
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Female
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- HLA-DQ beta-Chains
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin gamma-Chains
- India
- Insulin
