Article
Heritability of the severity of diabetic retinopathy: the FIND-Eye study.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Sept 2008
Arar Nedal H, Freedman Barry I, Adler Sharon G, Iyengar Sudha K, Chew Emily Y, Davis Mathew D, Satko Scott G, Bowden Donald W, Duggirala Ravi, Elston Robert C, Guo Xiuxing, Hanson Robert L, Igo Robert P, Ipp Eli, Kimmel Paul L, Knowler William C, Molineros Julio, Nelson Robert G, Pahl Madeleine V, Quade Shannon R E, Rasooly Rebekah S, Rotter Jerome I, Saad Mohammed F, Scavini Marina, Schelling Jeffrey R, Sedor John R, Shah Vallabh O, Zager Philip G, Abboud Hanna E
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) and diabetic nephropathy (DN) are serious microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus. Correlations between severity of DR and DN and computed heritability estimates for DR were determined in a large, multiethnic sample of diabetic families. The hypothesis...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.