Article
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...
Topics
- Alleles
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Genotype
- Humans
- India
- Macula Lutea
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Myocardial Ischemia
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha