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TCF7L2 variants associate with CKD progression and renal function in population-based cohorts.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Oct 2008
Köttgen Anna, Hwang Shih-Jen, Rampersaud Evadnie, Coresh Josef, North Kari E, Pankow James S, Meigs James B, Florez Jose C, Parsa Afshin, Levy Daniel, Boerwinkle Eric, Shuldiner Alan R, Fox Caroline S, Kao W H Linda
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variants may increase susceptibility to both diabetes and kidney disease. Whether known diabetes-associated variants in the transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene are associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression and markers of kidney function is unknown. Participants of t...
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