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Association between erythropoietin gene polymorphisms and diabetic retinopathy.
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) - 1 Jan 2010
Abhary Scotoodeh, Abhary Sotoodeh, Burdon Kathryn P, Casson Robert J, Goggin Michael, Petrovsky Nikolai P, Craig Jamie E
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether sequence variation in the erythropoietin gene (EPO) is associated with the development of diabetic retinopathy (DR). METHODS: This was a multicenter study based on 518 subjects with long-standing diabetes mellitus (DM), 173 with type 1 DM (T1DM) and 345 with type 2 DM (T2DM). Study groups consisted of 233 control subjects with no DR, 155 subjects with nonproliferative DR, 126 with...
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