Haptoglobin phenotypes in diabetes mellitus and diabetic retinopathy.

doi:10.1159/000154023

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Haptoglobin phenotypes in diabetes mellitus and diabetic retinopathy.

Human heredity - 1 Jan 1991

Chandra T, Lakshmi C N, Padma T, Vidyavathi M, Satapathy M

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An analysis of haptoglobin (HP) phenotypes in 81 cases of diabetes mellitus (DM) without retinopathy and 122 cases with diabetic retinopathy (DR) were studied in relation to 180 normal and healthy controls matched for age and sex. A significant decrease in HP 2-1 frequency was found, suggesting p...

Topics

Alleles
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetic Retinopathy
Female
Gene Frequency
Haptoglobins
Humans
Male
Phenotype
Sex Characteristics

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