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Relationship between polymorphisms 804C/A and 252A/G of lymphotoxin-alpha gene and -308G/A of tumor necrosis factor alpha gene and diabetic retinopathy in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Oct 2006
Yoshioka Keiji, Yoshida Toshihide, Takakura Yasuto, Umekawa Tsunekazu, Kogure Akinori, Toda Hitoshi, Yoshikawa Toshikazu
Abstract excerpt
To clarify whether polymorphisms of the lymphotoxin-alpha (LTA) gene and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) gene were related to diabetic retinopathy (DR), we performed a case-control study in 251 Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus participating in a multicenter research protoco...
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