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Pilot cohort study on the potential role of TCF7L2 rs7903146 on ischemic heart disease among non-diabetic kidney transplant recipients.
Clinical transplantation - 1 Jun 2017
Quaglia Marco, Musetti Claudio, Merlotti Guido, Genazzani Armando A, Cargnin Sarah, Cena Tiziana, Cantaluppi Vincenzo, Terrazzino Salvatore
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BACKGROUND: TCF7L2 rs7903146 C>T polymorphism is associated with diabetes in the general population but its independent impact on cardiovascular disease is debated. On this basis, we investigated its association with major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in a single-center cohort of non-diabetic kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). METHODS: Patients with pretransplant diabetes were excluded and patients who...
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