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Association of tumor necrosis factor alpha promoter polymorphism (TNF-α 238 G/A and TNF-α 308 G/A) with diabetic mellitus, diabetic retinopathy and diabetic nephropathy: a meta-analysis.
Current eye research - 1 Feb 2014
Meng Nana, Zhang Yue, Li Hao, Ma Jinlan, Qu Yi
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AIM: To examine the association between tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) polymorphism and risk for diabetic mellitus (DM), diabetic retinopathy (DR) and diabetic nephropathy (DN). METHODS: Systematic searches of electronic databases such as PubMed, Medline, Web of knowledge and CNKI, as well as hand searching of the references of identified articles were performed. A total of 8979 subjects in 14 studies from...
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