Adiponectin gene polymorphism (G276T) and diabetic retinopathy in Japanese patients with Type 2 diabetes [4]

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1158-1159

  Yoshioka, K ^a   Yoshida, T ^b   Takakura, Y ^b   Umekawa, T ^b   Kogure, A ^b   Toda, H ^b   Yoshikawa, T ^c  

^a MATSUSHITA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRON; JAPAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADIPONECTIN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 6344239142     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2004.01308.x     Document Type: Letter

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