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The association of genetic variants of type 2 diabetes with kidney function.
Kidney international - 1 Jul 2012
Franceschini Nora, Shara Nawar M, Wang Hong, Voruganti V Saroja, Laston Sandy, Haack Karin, Lee Elisa T, Best Lyle G, Maccluer Jean W, Cochran Barbara J, Dyer Thomas D, Howard Barbara V, Cole Shelley A, North Kari E, Umans Jason G
Abstract excerpt
Type 2 diabetes is highly prevalent and is the major cause of progressive chronic kidney disease in American Indians. Genome-wide association studies identified several loci associated with diabetes but their impact on susceptibility to diabetic complications is unknown. We studied the association of 18 type 2 diabetes genome-wide association single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with estimated glomerular...
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