Serum paraoxonase activity and genotype distribution in Japanese patients with diabetes mellitus.

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.37.581

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Serum paraoxonase activity and genotype distribution in Japanese patients with diabetes mellitus.

Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jul 1998

Sakai T, Matsuura B, Onji M

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We investigated the serum paraoxonase (PON) activity and genotype distribution in 139 patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and in 240 control subjects in a Japanese population. There were no significant differences in PON genotype frequencies between the diabetic and control subj...

Topics

Aryldialkylphosphatase
Cholesterol
DNA
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Esterases
Female
Gene Frequency
Genotype
Humans
Japan
Lipoproteins, HDL
Male
Middle Aged
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length

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