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Association between E23K variant in KCNJ11 gene and new-onset diabetes after liver transplantation.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Sept 2014
Parvizi Zahra, Azarpira Negar, Kohan Leila, Darai Masumeh, Kazemi Kourosh, Parvizi Mohamad Mehdi
Abstract excerpt
New-onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT) is an important complication after solid organ transplantation. NODAT is a polygenic disease and KCNJ11 E23K polymorphism is considered as a diabetes-susceptibility gene. The present study aimed to assess the association between KCNJ11 (rs5219) variants and the risk of developing NODAT after liver transplantation. This study was conducted on 120 liver transplant...
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