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Common variant in the HMGA2 gene increases susceptibility to nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Diabetologia - 1 Feb 2013
Alkayyali S, Lajer M, Deshmukh H, Ahlqvist E, Colhoun H, Isomaa B, Rossing P, Groop L, Lyssenko V
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Type 2 diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder associated with devastating microvascular complications. Genome-wide association studies have identified more than 60 genetic variants associated with type 2 diabetes and/or glucose and insulin traits, but their role in the progression of diabetes is not established. The aim of this study was to explore whether these variants were also associated...
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