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Association of metabolic syndrome and patatin-like phospholipase 3 - rs738409 gene variant in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among a Chennai-based south Indian population.
The journal of gene medicine - 1 Apr 2020
Narayanasamy Krishnasamy, Karthick Rajendran, Panneerselvam Priyadarshini, Mohan Nithya, Ramachandran Arunkumar, Prakash Radhika, Rajaram Muthukumaran
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is commonly diagnosed in patients presenting with metabolic syndrome (MetS) and has been associated with single nucleotide polymorphisms of rs738409 in the patatin-like phospholipase domain containing 3 (PNPLA3) gene. This association remains to be investigated in the South Indian population. We aimed to determine the association of the PNPLA3 rs738409 gene...
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