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Evaluation of the association between the common E469K polymorphism in the ICAM-1 gene and diabetic nephropathy among type 1 diabetic patients in GoKinD population.
BMC medical genetics - 27 May 2008
Ma Jun, Zhang Dongying, Brismar Kerstin, Efendic Suad, Gu Harvest F
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BACKGROUND: The ICAM-1 gene is a strong positional and biological candidate for susceptibility to the development of T1D and DN. We have recently demonstrated that SNP rs5498(E469K) confers susceptibility to the development of T1D and might be associated with DN in Swedish Caucasians. The present...
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