Association between diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetes and the ICAM-1 rs5498 polymorphism: a meta-analysis of case-control studies

Abstract Background Genetic studies have reported contradictory results on the association between the intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) rs5498 polymorphism and diabetic retinopathy (DR) risk in type 2 diabetic patients. We aimed to perform a systematic literature search and conduct random-...

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Main Authors: Zikang Xie, Hao Liang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BMC Ophthalmology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12886-018-0961-5