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[HLA-markers and diabetic retinopathy in the Senegalese population].
Dakar medical - 1 Jan 1998
Cisse A, Chevenne D, Chauffert M, Ndiaye M R, Wade A, Trivin F
Abstract excerpt
Patients with IDDM often develop severe forms of retinopathy, supposed to be associated to risk factors such as hypertension, poor glycemic control and nephropathy. A controversial intervention of a genetic marker was evoked so as some diabetic patients have retinopathy in the absence of known risk factors. HLA-DR and DQ markers were compared in two groups of patients with IDDM respectively constituted of...
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