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The Effect of GHR/exon-3 Polymorphism and Serum GH, IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 Levels in Diabetes and Coronary Heart Disease.
In vivo (Athens, Greece) - 1 Jan 2000
Kucukhuseyin Ozlem, Toptas Bahar, Timirci-Kahraman Ozlem, Isbir Selim, Karsidag Kubilay, Isbir Turgay
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AIM: The present study investigated the effects of growth hormone (GH), insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) and GH-receptor (GHR)/exon-3 polymorphism on diabetes mellitus (DM) and coronary heart disease (CHD) patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Ninety patients with CHD, 90 patients with DM and 96 controls were included in this study. The GH, IGF-1 and IGFBP-3...
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