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Diabetes mellitus and late-onset hypogonadism: the role of Glu298Asp endothelial nitric oxide synthase polymorphism.
Andrologia - 1 Oct 2015
Delli Muti N, Tirabassi G, Lamonica G R, Lenzi A, Balercia G
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Nitric oxide has been associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). An association has been suggested between a single nucleotide polymorphism (Glu298Asp variant) of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene and increased risk of DM. However, the role of this polymorphism in favouring DM has not been investigated in hypogonadism, in which low testosterone and obesity are believed...
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