Is the Presence of Retinopathy of Practical Value in Defining Cases of Diabetic Nephropathy in Genetic Association Studies?: The Experience With the ACE Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism in 53 Studies Comprising 17,791 Subjects

OBJECTIVE— A key consideration when setting up genetic studies is the case definition. For diabetic nephropathy, the case definition is typically based on the presence of albuminuria. However, it has been long debated whether diabetic nephropathy cases defined in this way may have a high prevalence...

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Autores principales: Ng, Daniel P.K., Tai, Bee-Choo, Lim, Xiu-Li
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2008
Materias:
Genetics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2518508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18523141
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/db08-0581

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2518508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18523141
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/db08-0581

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