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Aldose reductase genotypes and cardiorenal complications: an 8-year prospective analysis of 1,074 type 2 diabetic patients.
Diabetes care - 1 Nov 2008
So Wing-Yee, Wang Ying, Ng Maggie C Y, Yang Xilin, Ma Ronald C W, Lam Vincent, Kong Alice P S, Tong Peter C Y, Chan Juliana C N
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We report the independent risk association of type 2 diabetic nephropathy with the z-2 allele of the 5'-(CA)(n) microsatellite and C-106T promoter polymorphisms of the aldose reductase gene (ALR2) using a case-control design. In this expanded cohort, we examined their predictive roles on new onset of cardiorenal complications using a prospective design. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: In this 8-year...
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