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Genetic analysis of haptoglobin polymorphisms with cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes in the diabetes heart study

BACKGROUND: Haptoglobin (HP) is an acute phase protein that binds to freely circulating hemoglobin. HP exists as two distinct forms, HP1 and HP2. The longer HP2 form has been associated with cardiovascular (CVD) events and mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). METHODS: This study exa...

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Autores principales: Adams, Jeremy N, Cox, Amanda J, Freedman, Barry I, Langefeld, Carl D, Carr, J Jeffrey, Bowden, Donald W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3576297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23399657
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-12-31