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An association in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus subjects between susceptibility to retinopathy and tumor necrosis factor polymorphism.
Human immunology - 1 Mar 1996
Hawrami K, Hitman G A, Rema M, Snehalatha C, Viswanathan M, Ramachandran A, Mohan V
Abstract excerpt
In IDDM an association between diabetic retinopathy and polymorphic markers of MHC has been described. However, these associations are complicated by a primary association between the MHC and IDDM. Because the pathogenesis of retinopathy is likely to be the same in IDDM and NIDDM, NIDDM subjects with retinopathy would be the ideal population to study for an association with MHC markers. The following South Indian...
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