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Paraoxonase 2 (PON2) polymorphisms and development of renal dysfunction in type 2 diabetes: UKPDS 76.
Diabetologia - 1 Dec 2006
Calle R, McCarthy M I, Banerjee P, Zeggini E, Cull C A, Thorne K I, Wiltshire S, Terra S, Meyer D, Richmond J, Mancuso J, Milos P, Fryburg D, Holman R R
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Identification of variants predicting development of renal dysfunction would offer substantial clinical benefits. There is evidence that coding non-synonymous variants in the gene encoding paraoxonase 2 (PON2) are associated with nephropathy in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. METHODS: We examined the relationship between variation at the C311S and A148G polymorphisms (together with PON2 intronic...
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