Association analysis of nine candidate gene polymorphisms in Indian patients with type 2 diabetic retinopathy

• Main Authors: Govindarajan Gowthaman (Author), Ramasamy Kim (Author), Rajendran Anand (Author), Sundaresan Periasamy (Author), Balasubbu Suganthalakshmi (Author), Perumalsamy Namperumalsamy (Author), Hejtmancik J Fielding (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is classically defined as a microvasculopathy that primarily affects the small blood vessels of the inner retina as a complication of diabetes mellitus (DM).It is a multifactorial disease with a strong genet...