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Association of the PCK2 Gene Polymorphism With New-onset Glucose Intolerance in Japanese Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Transplantation proceedings - 1 May 2018
Yokoyama N, Ishimura T, Oda T, Ogawa S, Yamamoto K, Fujisawa M
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BACKGROUND: New-onset diabetes mellitus after transplantation (NODAT) is a risk factor for both cardiovascular disease and poor graft survival after kidney transplantation (KTx). In this study, we identified single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes involved in glucose metabolism and examined the correlation between these SNPs and glucose intolerance after KTx. METHODS: Thirty-eight patients with normal...
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