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Association analysis of nine candidate gene polymorphisms in Indian patients with type 2 diabetic retinopathy.
BMC medical genetics - 10 Nov 2010
Balasubbu Suganthalakshmi, Sundaresan Periasamy, Rajendran Anand, Ramasamy Kim, Govindarajan Gowthaman, Perumalsamy Namperumalsamy, Hejtmancik J Fielding
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BACKGROUND: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is classically defined as a microvasculopathy that primarily affects the small blood vessels of the inner retina as a complication of diabetes mellitus (DM).It is a multifactorial disease with a strong genetic component. The aim of this study is to investigate the association of a set of nine candidate genes with the development of diabetic retinopathy in a South Indian...
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