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Genetic diversity of the apolipoprotein E gene and diabetic nephropathy: a meta-analysis.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Jun 2011
Li Yang, Tang Kefu, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Ming, Zeng Zhen, He Zangdong, He Lin, Wan Chunling
Abstract excerpt
In the past decade, a number of case-control studies have been carried out to investigate the relationship between the ApoE polymorphism and diabetic nephropathy. However, the results have been inconclusive. To investigate this inconsistency, we performed a meta-analysis of all available studies dealing with the relationship between the ApoE polymorphism and DN. The 23 studies in the meta- analysis included 6,012...
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