Article
KCNQ1 SNPS and susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy in East Asians with type 2 diabetes.
Diabetologia - 1 Sept 2012
Lim X L, Nurbaya S, Salim A, Tai E S, Maeda S, Nakamura Y, Ng D P K
Abstract excerpt
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: A Japanese study had earlier reported that KCNQ1 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) may be associated with diabetic nephropathy. To further investigate this finding, we analysed three SNPs, rs2237895, rs2237897 and rs2283228, within the KCNQ1 locus for association with albuminuria among Chinese type 2 diabetic patients residing in Singapore. Albuminuria was analysed as both categorical...
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