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Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene promoter polymorphism (T-786C) may be associated with advanced retinopathy of prematurity

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The author thanks Drs. Michael T. Trese of William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, and Xianggui Qu of Oakland University for providing blood samples and statistical analysis of the data, respectively.

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Shastry, B.S. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene promoter polymorphism (T-786C) may be associated with advanced retinopathy of prematurity. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 251, 2251–2253 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-012-2231-1

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