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Hypothesis--haptoglobin genotype and diabetic nephropathy.
Nature clinical practice. Nephrology - 1 Jun 2007
Nakhoul Farid M, Miller-Lotan Rachel, Awaad Huda, Asleh Rabea, Levy Andrew P
Abstract excerpt
Vascular complications cause serious morbidity in patients with diabetes mellitus. Three such complications are nephropathy, retinopathy and accelerated atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. There is currently scant evidence of a genetic marker that predicts which patients will have vascular complications. Oxidative stress has an important role in the development of diabetic vascular complications. Haptoglobin...
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