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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Main Authors: Norhashimah Abu Seman, Anna Witasp, Wan Nazaimoon Wan Mohamud, Björn Anderstam, Kerstin Brismar, Peter Stenvinkel, Harvest F. Gu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Diabetes Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/298019
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