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Confirmation of GLRA3 as a susceptibility locus for albuminuria in Finnish patients with type 1 diabetes.
Scientific reports - 17 Aug 2018
Sandholm Niina, Haukka Jani K, Toppila Iiro, Valo Erkka, Harjutsalo Valma, Forsblom Carol, Groop Per-Henrik
Abstract excerpt
Urinary albumin excretion is an early sign of diabetic kidney disease, affecting every third individual with diabetes. Despite substantial estimated heritability, only variants in the GLRA3 gene have been genome-wide significantly associated (p-value < 5 × 10-8) with diabetic albuminuria, in Finnish individuals with type 1 diabetes; However, replication attempt in non-Finnish Europeans with type 1 diabetes showed...
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