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Relationship of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) +405 G/C polymorphism and proliferative retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine - 1 Aug 2011
Feghhi Mostafa, Nikzamir Abdolrahim, Esteghamati Alireza, Mahmoudi Touraj, Yekaninejad Mir Saeed
Abstract excerpt
The role of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene polymorphism in proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) is controversial. VEGF seems to play a central role in mediating microvascular pathology in proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). Recently, a +405 G/C VEGF polymorphism was shown to be associated with PDR. The aim of the current study was to evaluate whether the VEGF gene polymorphism is an...
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