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Lack of association between the Thr431Asn and Arg83Lys polymorphisms of the ROCK2 gene and diabetic retinopathy.
Current eye research - 1 Dec 2010
Demiryurek Abdullah T, Erbagci Ibrahim, Oztuzcu Serdar, Alasehirli Belgin, Ozkara Esma, Seker Mehmet, Sönmez Ayhan, Ozsan Muge, Camci Celalettin
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PURPOSE: To analyze the genotype distributions and allele frequencies for ROCK2 Thr431Asn and Arg83Lys polymorphisms among the diabetic retinopathy patients in a Turkish population. METHODS: In this case-control study, 335 patients with diabetes mellitus were recruited and divided into three groups according to non-proliferative (n = 127), proliferative (n = 85) diabetic retinopathy, and no retinopathy (n = 123,...
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