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Is there a genetic predisposition to new-onset diabetes after kidney transplantation?
Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation : an official publication of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Saudi Arabia - 1 Nov 2015
Reddy Yogesh N V, Abraham Georgi, Sundaram Varun, Reddy Pooja P, Mathew Milly, Nagarajan Prethivee, Mehra Nikita, Ramachandran A, Ali Asik Ali Mohammed, Reddy Yuvaram N V
Abstract excerpt
Kidney transplant recipients may develop new-onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT) and transplant-associated hyperglycemia (TAH) (NODAT or new-onset impaired glucose tolerance-IGT). We studied 251 consecutive renal transplant South Asian recipients for incidence of NODAT and its risk factors between June 2004 and January 2009. Pre-transplant glucose tolerance test (GTT) identified non-diabetics (n = 102,...
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