Evaluation of the Association of Plasma Pentraxin 3 Levels with Type 2 Diabetes and Diabetic Nephropathy in a Malay Population
Recent reports have demonstrated that elevated plasma long pentraxin 3 (PTX3) levels are associated with cardiovascular and chronic kidney diseases. In the current study, we investigated the plasma PTX3 levels in 296 Malay subjects including the subjects with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) and type...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2013-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Diabetes Research |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/298019 |