Heritability of the Severity of Diabetic Retinopathy: The FIND-Eye Study
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science2008Vol. 49(9), pp. 3839–3839
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Nedal H. Arar, Barry I. Freedman, Sharon G. Adler, Sudha K. Iyengar, Emily Y. Chew, M. D. Davis, Scott G. Satko, Donald W. Bowden, Ravi Duggirala, Robert C. Elston, Xiuxing Guo, Robert L. Hanson, Robert P. Igo, Eli Ipp, Paul L. Kimmel, William C. Knowler, Julio E. Molineros, Robert G. Nelson, Madeleine V. Pahl, Shannon RE Quade, Rebekah S. Rasooly, Jerome I. Rotter, Mohammed Saad, Marina Scavini, Jeffrey R. Schelling, John R. Sedor, Vallabh O. Shah, Philip G. Zager, Hanna E. Abboud
Abstract
These data confirm that the severity of DR parallels the presence and severity of nephropathy in individuals with diabetes mellitus. The severity of DR in members of multiplex diabetic families appears to have a significant familial connection.
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