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Interleukin-4 Gene Intron 3 VNTR Polymorphism in Type 2 Diabetes Patients with Peripheral Neuropathy.
Immunological investigations - 1 Feb 2018
Buraczynska Monika, Buraczynska Kinga, Zukowski Pawel, Ksiazek Andrzej
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OBJECTIVE: Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is one of late complications of diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphism in intron 3 of interleukin-4 gene and risk of DPN. METHODS: We examined 926 T2DM patients and 420 healthy controls. In the patient group, 44% had DPN. Genomic DNA was isolated from all subjects and...
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