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The incidence of posttransplantation diabetes mellitus during follow-up in kidney transplant recipients and relationship to Fok1 vitamin D receptor polymorphism.
Transplantation proceedings - 1 Jan 2000
Yao B, Chen X, Shen F-X, Xu W, Dong T-T, Chen L-Z, Weng J-P
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BACKGROUND: Posttransplantation diabetes mellitus (PTDM) is a common, serious complication of kidney transplantation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence of and risk factors for PTDM in relationship to Fok1 vitamin D receptor (VDR) polymorphisms. METHODS: One hundred five kidney transplant recipients with normal glucose values before transplantation were recruited for this study. All...
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